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单词 volte-face
释义 volte-face
I. \-t(ə)|fäs\ noun
Etymology: French, from Italian voltafaccia, from volta turn + faccia face, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin facia — more at volt, face
: a change of front : a facing about : about-face, reversal
 < he performed a volte-face and attacked his former associates — S.F.Mason >
 < a volte-face in American economic policy — Foreign Affairs >
 < a last-minute volte-face against the spearhead of his own clan — the ultramodernists — Canadian Art >
 < not that an instant volte-face took place … in politics, manners, and customs — R.A.Hall b. 1911 >
II. intransitive verb
: to perform a volte-face : face about
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