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. - 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.- 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。 - 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? - Flip-flopis also a noun.
- 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。
- He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues...
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用thongs
双语例句
- Flip-flops show off your toes and keep the sand out.
沙滩鞋是展示脚趾并防沙的关键。 - The reason may be that people tend to grip flip-flops with their toes.
其原因可能在于人们趋向于用脚趾紧紧夹住人字拖鞋。 - 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。 - As a salaried worker, considering how much my bonus be, I realize how hard it is to quit. Shopping for summer clothes to wear to work? Forget the tank tops and lose the flip-flops.
作为一个上班族,想到奖金数目,我才领悟到要辞职不干是多么困难。上班族们开始夏装大采购了吗?吊带衫和夹指拖还是不要考虑了。 - 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。 - When we approached her on the street in Washington, D.C., she was on her way to work and wearing flip-flops.
当我们在华盛顿特区的大街上走近她的时候,她正在上班的路上并且穿着拖鞋。 - 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。 - I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip-flops.
我看到凯蒂海伦穿着军短裤和拖鞋。 - Pick something practical over something cute, and be careful when it comes to flip-flops and sandals.
只穿实用的,不穿可爱的,如果要穿凉拖和凉鞋的时候要特别小心。 - 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。