about turn

英 [əˌbaʊt ˈtɜːn]

美 [əˌbaʊt ˈtɜːrn]

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英英释义

noun

• act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
  Synonym:about-face

双语例句

• Has she just turned her head towards us, or is she about to turn away?
  她是刚刚将头转向我们，还是就要转过脸去？
• I remember thinking that life was passing me by so fast. It seemed like only yesterday I was in kindergarten, and here I was, about to turn ten.
  我记得自己心里在想，生命过得如此之快；进幼稚园仿佛还是昨天的事，而现在我即将迈入十岁。
• He is about to turn on the light.
  他就要把灯打开。
• They have heard all the stories of you growing up and how you always fought with your older sister about whose turn it was to take out the trash.
  他们听过你所有的成长故事以及关于倒垃圾这个事情你是如何和你的姐姐吵架的。
• A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn.
  机动车上不停闪烁用以标志转弯方向的灯。
• She signalled that he was about to turn left.
  她打手势表示他就要转到左面去了。
• She is about to turn 40 ( please note she is not an exact contemporary) and her partner keeps suggesting extremely elaborate celebration scenarios.
  她快要满40岁了（请注意，她和我并不完全同龄），而她的伴侣一直建议举办一些极度精致的庆祝活动。
• Employers, needless to say, are not too happy about this turn of events.
  不用说，老板们对事态的这种变化是不太高兴的。
• The children argued about whose turn it was to sit in the front seat.
  孩子们争论该轮到谁坐前排座位。
• We're about to turn to value theory.
  我们将讨论价值理论。