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U-turn

noun
🔊/ˈjuː tɜːn/
🔊/ˈjuː tɜːrn/
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  1. a turn of 180° that a vehicle makes so that it can move forwards in the opposite direction（汽车等的）U 形转弯，180 度转弯
    • to do/make a U-turn掉头
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + U-turn
    • do
    • execute
    • make
    • …
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  2. (informal) a complete change in policy or behaviour, usually one that is embarrassing（政策、行为上令人尴尬的）彻底转变，180 度大转变
    • The government has made a spectacular U-turn on taxes.政府在税收方面作出重大调整。
    • a government U-turn over plans to cut social security payments政府削减社会保障支出方案的重大调整
    • The government may be forced into an embarrassing U-turn on education policy.政府可能会被迫对教育政策作出尴尬的彻底转变。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • complete
    • dramatic
    • spectacular
    • …
    verb + U-turn
    • do
    • make
    • perform
    • …
    preposition
    • U-turn on
    • U-turn over
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