U-turn
【英英釋義】
n. if you make a U-turn when you are driving or cycling, you turn in a half circle in one movement, so that you are then going in the opposite direction. 可數(shù)名詞 ?U型轉(zhuǎn)彎吼肥，180度轉(zhuǎn)彎捌臊，掉頭
2. if you describe a change in a politician's policy, plans, or actions as a U-turn, you mean that it is a complete change and that they make the change because they were weak or were wrong. 可數(shù)名詞 ?政治家在政策、計(jì)劃胶征、行動(dòng)方面的180度大轉(zhuǎn)彎博个、徹底轉(zhuǎn)變 ?disapproval（負(fù)面色彩）
a complete change of ideas, plans etc
【詞義深度解析】
U-turn是可數(shù)名詞前酿，本意是“掉頭昏翰，轉(zhuǎn)彎”傻咖，可以引申為“改變”。開車時(shí)“掉頭”的英文是make a U-turn券敌， 所以這個(gè)詞很好記唾戚。U-turn比change更強(qiáng)調(diào)改變的徹底性，是一個(gè)非常形象待诅、準(zhǔn)確的單詞叹坦。
【例句學(xué)習(xí)】
1. In the past two years, the local government has been utterly inconsistent with its policies, making various U-turns. 過去兩年，地方政府的政策完全不一致卑雁，出現(xiàn)了各種180度的大轉(zhuǎn)彎募书。
utterly ?completely – used especially to emphasize that something is very bad, or that a feeling is very strong 完全地，十足地 用于強(qiáng)調(diào)事物糟糕或感情強(qiáng)烈
2. If you want to be a respected leader, you had better avoid making too many U-turns when making decisions.
3. Many critics accuse the European government of doing a sudden U-turn on its promise to take in more immigrants.
4. Earlier this year, AMD forced Intel to make a U-turn in its 64-bit-chip strategy. 今年早些時(shí)候测蹲，AMD迫使英特爾z在64位芯片戰(zhàn)略上做出了180度的大轉(zhuǎn)變莹捡。
5. A year later, following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the markets made a U-turn.
【詞匯運(yùn)用】
1.翻譯：他的觀點(diǎn)發(fā)生了180度大轉(zhuǎn)彎，決定和前妻復(fù)婚扣甲。
He has made a U-turn and decided to remarry his divorced wife. / ?He has made a U-turn, deciding to remarry his ex-wife.
2. 生活場(chǎng)景應(yīng)用
Knowing who he was, he made a U-turn and put on a flattering smile.
