U-turn

英 [ˈjuː tɜːn]

美 [ˈjuː tɜːrn]

n.  (汽车等的)U形转弯，180度转弯; (政策、行为上令人尴尬的)彻底转变，180度大转变

复数：u-turns　

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牛津词典

noun

• （汽车等的）U形转弯，180度转弯
  a turn of 180˚ that a vehicle makes so that it can move forwards in the opposite direction
  1. to do/make a U-turn
     作180度转弯
• （政策、行为上令人尴尬的）彻底转变，180度大转变
  a complete change in policy or behaviour, usually one that is embarrassing

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT U型转弯；180度转弯；掉头
  If you make aU-turnwhen you are driving or cycling, you turn in a half circle in one movement, so that you are then going in the opposite direction.
  1. Making a sharp U-turn, she headed back...
     她猛地掉转车头，往回开。
  2. Eventually, he turned off the main route and suddenly did a U-turn.
     最后，他驶离主道，来了一个急掉头。
• N-COUNT （政治家在政策、计划、行动方面的）180度大转弯，彻底转变
  If you describe a change in a politician's policy, plans, or actions as aU-turn, you mean that it is a complete change and that they made the change because they were weak or were wrong.
  1. ...a humiliating U-turn by the Prime Minister.
     首相极不光彩的180度大转变
  2. ...the U-turns he made on economic policy and pit closures.
     他在经济政策和煤窑关闭方面的那些180度大转变

双语例句

• It is illegal to make a U-turn on a motorway.
  在高速公路上进行u形转变是违法的。
• He then got out a map, before performing a U-turn and quickly getting back on the correct route.
  随后他拿出了地图，拐了一个U型弯后找到了正确的路。
• The Japanese government then appeared to do a U-turn and chose deportation, drawing criticism from Japanese conservatives.
  随后，日本政府态度出现了大转弯，并决定将船长遣送回国，日本政府此举招致了日本保守派人士的批评。
• Make a U-turn at the next legal opportunity.
  请在下一个可以掉头的路口掉头。
• The question of the U-turn is a particularly vexed one.
  政策上的180度大转弯是个特别棘手的问题。
• The government think that the bill can make a U-turn in its economics policy.
  政府认为这项法案可能使其制定的经济政策逆转。
• What does it say about him that within three or four days he did a complete U-turn?
  他在三四天之内来个180度大转弯说明了什么呢？
• Over the next couple of years, politicians will have to perform a difficult policy U-turn;
  在接下来的好几年里，政治家们将要面对一个艰难的政策上的急转弯。
• But the Green Party leader later flatly rejected Mr Ganley's claims that he had sold out or made a U-turn on Europe.
  但是这位绿党领导人后来断然否认了Ganley先生所说的他受贿或在欧洲态度上180度转弯。
• But does this represent an ideological U-turn or merely a response to changing events?
  但是这是意味着意识形态的大转变还是仅因环境变化不得已的策略？