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

• As a salaried worker, considering how much my bonus be, I realize how hard it is to quit. Shopping for summer clothes to wear to work? Forget the tank tops and lose the flip-flops.
  作为一个上班族，想到奖金数目，我才领悟到要辞职不干是多么困难。上班族们开始夏装大采购了吗？吊带衫和夹指拖还是不要考虑了。
• Twenty years ago it was enough to have duty free, a newsagent and flip-flops, says Neil Saunders of retail analysts Verdict Research.
  二十年前，有免税产品、定期刊物塑料人字拖的经销商就已经足够了，英国零售咨询公司（VerdictResearch）尼尔•桑德斯（NeilSaunders）表示。
• Flip-flops show off your toes and keep the sand out.
  沙滩鞋是展示脚趾并防沙的关键。
• Denim, T-shirts and flip-flops all'90s phenoms are only acceptable in the most casual of work environments.
  粗斜纹棉布，圆领衬衣，拖鞋等等90后的特征，在非常随意的工作环境中才是可以的。
• You can still be subtly adventurous. Just never wear flip-flops.
  你还可以穿得再大胆一些。
• When we approached her on the street in Washington, D.C., she was on her way to work and wearing flip-flops.
  当我们在华盛顿特区的大街上走近她的时候，她正在上班的路上并且穿着拖鞋。
• SSI chips are usually basic logic gates and flip-flops.
  小型集成电路通常是最基本的逻辑栅门。
• 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。
• Based on the binary mono-stable flip-flops, this paper proposes the design of quaternary mono-stable flip-flops.
  在二值单稳态触发器设计的基础上，提出了四值单稳态触发器的设计方案。
• 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。