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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The control of a specific flip-flop which stores the algebraic sign of numbers. CROM instruction set
  对存储数字的代数符号的特殊触发器的控制。控制用只读存储器指令表
• So the flip-flop output level changes from low to high voltage or high to low voltage on command.
  因此触发器输出电平的变化，从低到高电压或前高后低电压对指挥。
• Ternary Edge-triggered Flip-Flop Based on Modular Algebra and its Application
  基于模代数的三值维持阻塞触发器及其应用
• 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。
• 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？