flip-flops

英 [ˈflɪp flɒps]

美 [ˈflɪp flɑːps]

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
flip-flop的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• The reason may be that people tend to grip flip-flops with their toes.
  其原因可能在于人们趋向于用脚趾紧紧夹住人字拖鞋。
• 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。
• If the unknown flip-flops exist in a sequential circuit, the test generation of the circuit can not be achieved easily.
  当时序电路中有未确定状态的触发器时，就不能顺利完成该电路的测试生成，因此初始化是时序电路测试生成中的关键问题。
• 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。
• I saw Cady Heron wearing army pants and flip-flops.
  我看到凯蒂海伦穿着军短裤和拖鞋。
• I would not expect people to wear shorts or flip-flops but I would never inspect what people are wearing.
  我估计不会有人穿短裤或夹趾拖鞋，但我也决不会去检查大家的衣着。
• Kick off your flip-flops, pour yourself a lemonade, and curl up with the summer's best seller.
  行动起来，倒上一杯柠檬汁，开始仔细阅读这本夏季最畅销的书。
• On the one had this is obviously absurd: trying to read a book like this without a good deal of philosophical training is like going on an Arctic expedition in jeans, t-shirt and flip-flops.
  一方面，这显然是荒唐的：在没有任何哲学训练的情况下读这本书简直就像穿着牛崽裤、提恤衫、和拖鞋到北极探险。
• Pick something practical over something cute, and be careful when it comes to flip-flops and sandals.
  只穿实用的，不穿可爱的，如果要穿凉拖和凉鞋的时候要特别小心。
• One handed out anti-Mormon pamphlets; another held up a pair of flip-flops.
  一个人在分发反摩门教的小册子，另一个举着一双沙滩鞋。