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.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用thongs


• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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？
  3. Flip-flopis also a noun.
     
  4. 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。

双语例句

• They appeared to have little in common: undergraduates in flip-flops and nose rings, graduate students in interview-ready attire.
  乍一看，这些学生身上完全没有共同点：本科生踢拉着人字拖，穿着鼻环；研究生则衣着正式如同正准备参加面试。
• Researchers from Auburn University in Alabama studied the biomechanics of the flip-flop and determined that wearing thong-style flip-flops can result in sore feet, ankles and legs.
  亚拉巴马州的奥本大学研究了夹趾拖鞋的生物力学原理，得出穿人字型样式的夹脚趾拖鞋会导致脚部，关节部位和腿部的疼痛的结论。
• Kick off your flip-flops, pour yourself a lemonade, and curl up with the summer's best seller.
  行动起来，倒上一杯柠檬汁，开始仔细阅读这本夏季最畅销的书。
• 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。
• Twenty years ago it was enough to have duty free, a newsagent and flip-flops, says Neil Saunders of retail analysts Verdict Research.
  二十年前，有免税产品、定期刊物塑料人字拖的经销商就已经足够了，英国零售咨询公司（VerdictResearch）尼尔•桑德斯（NeilSaunders）表示。
• On the one had this is obviously absurd: trying to read a book like this without a good deal of philosophical training is like going on an Arctic expedition in jeans, t-shirt and flip-flops.
  一方面，这显然是荒唐的：在没有任何哲学训练的情况下读这本书简直就像穿着牛崽裤、提恤衫、和拖鞋到北极探险。
• I had made adjustments in my wardrobe at the first sign of warm weather, packing up my long coat, and wearing short sleeves, skirts and flip-flops whenever possible.
  天气刚一转暖，我就整理了衣柜，把长衣服收了起来，穿上了短袖衬衫、裙子和凉鞋。
• You can still be subtly adventurous. Just never wear flip-flops.
  你还可以穿得再大胆一些。
• If the unknown flip-flops exist in a sequential circuit, the test generation of the circuit can not be achieved easily.
  当时序电路中有未确定状态的触发器时，就不能顺利完成该电路的测试生成，因此初始化是时序电路测试生成中的关键问题。
• 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。