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flip-flops

英 [ˈflɪp flɒps]

美 [ˈflɪp flɑːps]

n.  人字拖鞋; 夹脚趾拖鞋
v.  改变观点; (尤指)转持相反观点,来一个180度的大转弯
flip-flop的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  • 人字拖鞋
    Flip-flopsare open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes.
    1. in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用thongs

    2. VERB (尤指政客)改变决定,转持相反观点
      If you say that someone, especially a politician,flip-flopson a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite.
      1. He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...
        他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。
      2. He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now?
        他当时好像对自己的决定非常肯定,现在怎么会突然有如此巨大的转变呢?
      3. Flip-flopis also a noun.
      4. The President's flip-flops on taxes made him appear indecisive.
        总统在税收问题上的一再反复使他显得优柔寡断。

    双语例句

    • Researchers from Auburn University in Alabama studied the biomechanics of the flip-flop and determined that wearing thong-style flip-flops can result in sore feet, ankles and legs.
      亚拉巴马州的奥本大学研究了夹趾拖鞋的生物力学原理,得出穿人字型样式的夹脚趾拖鞋会导致脚部,关节部位和腿部的疼痛的结论。
    • SSI chips are usually basic logic gates and flip-flops.
      小型集成电路通常是最基本的逻辑栅门。
    • A car pulled up on the dirt patch in front of Ma's store. In walked a man in white shorts, a white golf shirt and flip-flops.
      一辆小汽车停在马继广小店门前的泥土地上,走进来一位身穿白色短裤,白色高尔夫球衫和夹趾拖鞋的人。
    • The output of one flip-flop is the input to the next; the state changes consequently "ripple through" the flip-flops, requiring a time proportional to the length of the counter.
      一个触发器的输出是下一个的输入,因而状态的变化以波动形式通过各个触发器,所需时间与计数器的长度成正比。
    • I had made adjustments in my wardrobe at the first sign of warm weather, packing up my long coat, and wearing short sleeves, skirts and flip-flops whenever possible.
      天气刚一转暖,我就整理了衣柜,把长衣服收了起来,穿上了短袖衬衫、裙子和凉鞋。
    • Instead we got two nice beds, a TV and bathroom with complimentary soap, toothbrushes and flip-flops.
      可那的环境很好,两张好床,一部电视,配有香皂的冲凉房,还有牙刷。
    • On a recent trip to Thailand, I took a morning stroll down to the beach. There was a lady selling two sets of flip-flops.
      最近我去了趟泰国。一天早晨,我散步到海滩,看到一个女人在出售两种人字拖。
    • One handed out anti-Mormon pamphlets; another held up a pair of flip-flops.
      一个人在分发反摩门教的小册子,另一个举着一双沙滩鞋。
    • Twenty years ago it was enough to have duty free, a newsagent and flip-flops, says Neil Saunders of retail analysts Verdict Research.
      二十年前,有免税产品、定期刊物塑料人字拖的经销商就已经足够了,英国零售咨询公司(VerdictResearch)尼尔•桑德斯(NeilSaunders)表示。
    • Shelves are laden with traditional Burmese staples such as pickled tea-leaf salad, pungent spices, felt-and-leather flip-flops and ladies 'batik sarongs.
      货架上摆满了传统的缅甸产品,如腌茶拌菜、辛辣调味品、毛毡和皮革制成的人字拖鞋,还有女式蜡染桶裙。