U-turn

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  • n.（汽车等的） U 形转弯；180 度大转变
  • v.作 180 度大转弯
  • Web不准掉头；U形转弯；调头
Plural Form：U-turns  

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U-turn
n.
1.
（汽车等的） U 形转弯，180 度转弯a turn of 180˚ that a vehicle makes so that it can move forwards in the opposite direction
to do/make a U-turn
作 180 度转弯
2.
(informal)
（政策、行为上令人尴尬的）彻底转变，180 度大转变a complete change in policy or behaviour, usually one that is embarrassing

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1.
There was no question of a policy U-turn.
政策急剧大改变是没有问题的。
zhèng cè jí jù dà gǎi biàn shì méi yǒu wèn tí de 。
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2.
Yet the Fed's credibility could be at stake if it allowed itself to be bullied into a late U-turn that is not clearly justified by the data.
不过，如果美联储让自己屈从压力，在最后关头完全改变立场，而这种改变又没有确凿数据的支撑，那它的信誉也就岌岌可危了。
bú guò , rú guǒ měi lián chǔ ràng zì jǐ qū cóng yā lì , zài zuì hòu guān tóu wán quán gǎi biàn lì chǎng , ér zhè zhǒng gǎi biàn yòu méi yǒu què záo shù jù de zhī chēng , nà tā de xìn yù yě jiù jí jí kě wēi le 。
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3.
Mervyn King, Bank of England governor, was forced into a policy U-turn yesterday in an attempt to ease pressure on the UK banking system.
英国央行（BankofEngland）行长默文•金（MervynKing）昨日被迫进行政策“调头”，试图缓解英国银行系统所面临的压力。
yīng guó yāng háng ( BankofEngland ) háng zhǎng mò wén • jīn ( MervynKing ) zuó rì bèi pò jìn xíng zhèng cè " diào tóu " , shì tú huǎn jiě yīng guó yín háng xì tǒng suǒ miàn lín de yā lì 。
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4.
From some perspectives, this sudden fascination with the past marks something of a U-turn.
以某些观点来看，这种对历史突如其来的迷恋犹如180度大转弯。
yǐ mǒu xiē guān diǎn lái kàn , zhè zhǒng duì lì shǐ tū rú qí lái de mí liàn yóu rú yì bǎi bā shí dù dà zhuǎn wān 。
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5.
The democratic Party used to be against the tax increase, but since the runaway inflation, it took a U-turn on it's tax policy.
民主党本来是反对加税计划的，但由于通货膨胀加剧，民主党的税收政策来了个180度的大转弯。
mín zhǔ dǎng běn lái shì fǎn duì jiā shuì jì huà de , dàn yóu yú tōng huò péng zhàng jiā jù , mín zhǔ dǎng de shuì shōu zhèng cè lái le gè yì bǎi bā shí dù de dà zhuǎn wān 。
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6.
There may have been a closet regulatory U-turn, since regulators failed to support the deal publicly when the revolt kicked off.
监管机构的态度可能悄然出现逆转，因为在抵制行动开始时，监管机构没有公开支持此笔交易。
jiān guǎn jī gòu de tài du kě néng qiāo rán chū xiàn nì zhuǎn , yīn wèi zài dǐ zhì xíng dòng kāi shǐ shí , jiān guǎn jī gòu méi yǒu gōng kāi zhī chí cǐ bǐ jiāo yì 。
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7.
Before making a U-turn, Mr. Higuchi stepped out of his truck and adjusted his black baseball cap as he talked to some neighborhood boys.
调头返回前，通口先生走下车，整理了一下他的黑色棒球帽，与附近的一些男孩交谈。
diào tóu fǎn huí qián , tōng kǒu xiān sheng zǒu xià chē , zhěng lǐ le yí xià tā de hēi sè bàng qiú mào , yǔ fù jìn de yì xiē nán hái jiāo tán 。
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8.
Faced with a population at such an advanced stage of ageing , the German government has executed a dramatic policy U- turn .
面对如此严重的老龄化人口，德国政府已实施行戏剧性的政策逆转。
miàn duì rú cǐ yán zhòng de lǎo líng huà rén kǒu , dé guó zhèng fǔ yǐ shí shī xíng xì jù xìng de zhèng cè nì zhuǎn 。
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9.
Keyboard keys accelerated keys back, the front control around key ups and downs of the space bar to a U-turn.
键盘上键加速，下键后退，左右键控制车头起落，空格键调头。
jiàn pán shàng jiàn jiā sù , xià jiàn hòu tuì , zuǒ yòu jiàn kòng zhì chē tóu qǐ luò , kòng gé jiàn diào tóu 。
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10.
He did not mention that a run of bad inflation figures (up to 4. 4% in February) has made a fiscal U-turn trickier.
预算中他并没有提到2月份通胀数据达到了4.4%，这个糟糕的数字使财政状况急转直下。
yù suàn zhōng tā bìng méi yǒu tí dào èr yuè fèn tōng zhàng shù jù dá dào le bǎi fēn zhī sì diǎn sì , zhè ge zāo gāo de shù zì shǐ cái zhèng zhuàng kuàng jí zhuǎn zhí xià 。
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