about turn

英 [əˌbaʊt ˈtɜːn]

美 [əˌbaʊt ˈtɜːrn]

网络  向后转

网络

英英释义

noun

• act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
  Synonym:about-face

双语例句

• (口令) About face!; About turn!
  向后转！
• They have heard all the stories of you growing up and how you always fought with your older sister about whose turn it was to take out the trash.
  他们听过你所有的成长故事以及关于倒垃圾这个事情你是如何和你的姐姐吵架的。
• I remember thinking that life was passing me by so fast. It seemed like only yesterday I was in kindergarten, and here I was, about to turn ten.
  我记得自己心里在想，生命过得如此之快；进幼稚园仿佛还是昨天的事，而现在我即将迈入十岁。
• She is about to turn 40 ( please note she is not an exact contemporary) and her partner keeps suggesting extremely elaborate celebration scenarios.
  她快要满40岁了（请注意，她和我并不完全同龄），而她的伴侣一直建议举办一些极度精致的庆祝活动。
• As he arrived at the pearly gates, Smith met his maker and complained about this turn of events.
  当他到了鬼门关（珍珠门），他见到了上帝并抱怨他的不幸。
• The couple was quarreling furiously about whose turn it was to cook the dinner.
  这对夫妇对该轮到谁做晚饭而激烈争吵着。
• But I'm not about to turn this base into the Grand Central Station of the multiverse.
  我不要把这个基地变成多元宇宙的盛大的中心。
• The children argued about whose turn it was to sit in the front seat.
  孩子们争论该轮到谁坐前排座位。
• What kind of indications are you looking for as signs that the economy is about to get better and that the stock market and the investment world are about to turn the corner?
  您觉得出现什么迹象就能表明经济将出现好转，股市和整个投资界即将转危为安了？
• If the dog got out in front I did an about turn and said HEEL and corrected the dog back into position.
  如果狗超前了，我就转身，说“HELL”，并纠正狗回到它的位置。