flip-flop

英 [ˈflɪp flɒp]

美 [ˈflɪp flɑːp]

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

复数：flip-flops　现在分词：flip-flopping　过去式：flip-flopped　第三人称单数：flip-flops　过去分词：flip-flopped　

计算机

牛津词典

noun

• 人字拖鞋；夹脚趾拖鞋
  a type of sandal (= open shoe) that has a piece of leather, etc. that goes between the big toe and the toe next to it
  1. a pair of flip-flops
     一双人字拖鞋

verb

• 改变观点；（尤指）转持相反观点，来一个180度的大转弯
  to change your opinion about sth, especially when you then hold the opposite opinion
  1. 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。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a backward somersault
• an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states
• a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
  Synonym:thong
• a decision to reverse an earlier decision
  Synonym:reversalchange of mindturnaboutturnaround

verb

• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
  Synonym:interchangetackswitchalternateflip

双语例句

• The most commonly used trigger flip-flop is the master-slave type with cross feedback.
  最常用的触发器是交叉反馈的主从触发器。
• The output of one flip-flop is the input to the next; the state changes consequently "ripple through" the flip-flops, requiring a time proportional to the length of the counter.
  一个触发器的输出是下一个的输入，因而状态的变化以波动形式通过各个触发器，所需时间与计数器的长度成正比。
• We did that same sort of research last year and saw it completely flip-flop.
  去年，我们又进行了同类测试，结果却是截然相反。
• Multi-Valued Flip-Flop and Its Application in the Sequential Circuits Design
  多值触发器及其在时序电路设计中的应用
• Three triggered ways of the flip-flop which are master-slave flip-flop, pulse flip-flop, edge-triggered flip-flop, is analyzed and compared in the paper.
  分析与比较了触发器三种触发方式：电平触发、脉冲触发、边沿触发。
• The condition or state of a variable, bit, or flip-flop.
  一个变量、或触发器的所处的情形或状态。
• That is why the prices of those flip-flop sandals are so different on that beach in Thailand.
  正因如此，泰国海滩上的那些人字拖才会有那么大的价格差距。
• 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？
• In his doctoral research, he demonstrated the diffusional motions of lipids in membranes, termed flip-flop and lateral diffusion.
  在他博士期间，说明了脂类在细胞膜中的扩散运动，对突变和横向扩散进行了命名。
• The two sides are trying to stick the flip-flop label on their opponents.
  双方都试图给对方贴上立场左右摇摆的标签。