volte-face

/volt-fahs, vohlt-; French vawltuh-fas/US // vɒltˈfɑs, voʊlt-; French vɔltəˈfas //UK // (ˈvɒltˈfɑːs) //

转軚,转向,转变,转軚的做法

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural volte-face.
- : a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.

as inreversal

Synonyms

In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.
They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
They are to face oppression with humble persistence and absolute conviction.
She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.

/volt-fahs, vohlt-; French vawltuh-fas/US // vɒltˈfɑs, voʊlt-; French vɔltəˈfas //UK // (ˈvɒltˈfɑːs) //

转軚,转向,转变,转軚的做法

n.名词 noun

1
plural volte-face.
- : a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.

as inreversal

Synonyms

In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
Cassandra, whose hair has already begun to fall out from her court-mandated chemotherapy, could face a similar outcome.
They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
They are to face oppression with humble persistence and absolute conviction.
She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.