flip-flop
verb /ˈflɪp flɒp/
/ˈflɪp flɑːp/
[intransitive] (especially North American English, informal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they flip-flop | /ˈflɪp flɒp/ /ˈflɪp flɑːp/ |
| he / she / it flip-flops | /ˈflɪp flɒps/ /ˈflɪp flɑːps/ |
| past simple flip-flopped | /ˈflɪp flɒpt/ /ˈflɪp flɑːpt/ |
| past participle flip-flopped | /ˈflɪp flɒpt/ /ˈflɪp flɑːpt/ |
| -ing form flip-flopping | /ˈflɪp flɒpɪŋ/ /ˈflɪp flɑːpɪŋ/ |
- flip-flop (on something) to change your opinion about something, 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。
词源mid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘something that flaps or flops’): imitative reduplication of flop. - The vice-president was accused of flip-flopping on several major issues.
