flip-flop

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flip-flop

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈflip-flop verb (flip-flopped, flip-flopping) [intransitive] American English informal to change your opinion about something 改变观点 —flip-flop noun [countable] an incredible political flip-flop 难以置信的政治倒戈→ See Verb table

ˈflip-flop verbChineseSyllable

change about Corpus something opinion to your

flip-flop
ˈflip-flop

verb (past tense and past participle flip-flopped, present participle flip-flopping) [intransitive] American English informal
to change your opinion about something
—flip-flop noun [countable]:

an incredible political flip-flop

flip-flop

BrE

/ˈflɪp flɒp/

NAmE

/ˈflɪp flɑːp/

noun

(

NAmE also

thong

)

a type of

(= open shoe) that has a piece of leather, etc. that goes between the big toe and the toe next to it 人字拖鞋；夹脚趾拖鞋

◆a pair of flip-flops一双人字拖鞋

flip-flop

BrE

/ˈflɪp flɒp/

NAmE

/ˈflɪp flɑːp/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

flip-flop

BrE

/ˈflɪp flɒp/

NAmE

/ˈflɪp flɑːp/

present simple - he / she / it

flip-flops

BrE

/ˈflɪp flɒps/

NAmE

/ˈflɪp flɑːps/

past simple

flip-flopped

BrE

/ˈflɪp flɒpt/

NAmE

/ˈflɪp flɑːpt/

past participle

flip-flopped

BrE

/ˈflɪp flɒpt/

NAmE

/ˈflɪp flɑːpt/

-ing form

flip-flopping

BrE

/ˈflɪp flɒpɪŋ/

NAmE

/ˈflɪp flɑːpɪŋ/

[intransitive]

~ (on sth)

(

informal,

especially NAmE

)

to change your opinion about sth, especially when you then hold the opposite opinion 改变观点；（尤指）转持相反观点，来一个 180 度的大转弯

◆The vice-president was accused of flip-flopping on several major issues. 副总统受到谴责，说他在几个重大问题上出尔反尔。