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

• According to different sensitive transitions of flip-flops used in sequential circuits, design and analysis methods for asynchronous sequential circuits are proposed by using the combinatorial clock.
  本文根据电路中采用的触发器的不同敏感沿，提出采用组合时钟的异步时序电路的设计和分析方法。
• Do not wear flip-flops or sneakers, unless you are interviewing to be a lead singer for a rock band.
  除非你是去面试摇滚乐队主唱，不然面试就别穿人字拖或运动鞋。
• They appeared to have little in common: undergraduates in flip-flops and nose rings, graduate students in interview-ready attire.
  乍一看，这些学生身上完全没有共同点：本科生踢拉着人字拖，穿着鼻环；研究生则衣着正式如同正准备参加面试。
• Novel current-mode CMOS quaternary edge-triggered flip-flops
  新型电流型CMOS四值边沿触发器设计
• Shelves are laden with traditional Burmese staples such as pickled tea-leaf salad, pungent spices, felt-and-leather flip-flops and ladies 'batik sarongs.
  货架上摆满了传统的缅甸产品，如腌茶拌菜、辛辣调味品、毛毡和皮革制成的人字拖鞋，还有女式蜡染桶裙。
• You can still be subtly adventurous. Just never wear flip-flops.
  你还可以穿得再大胆一些。
• On a recent trip to Thailand, I took a morning stroll down to the beach. There was a lady selling two sets of flip-flops.
  最近我去了趟泰国。一天早晨，我散步到海滩，看到一个女人在出售两种人字拖。
• 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。
• I had made adjustments in my wardrobe at the first sign of warm weather, packing up my long coat, and wearing short sleeves, skirts and flip-flops whenever possible.
  天气刚一转暖，我就整理了衣柜，把长衣服收了起来，穿上了短袖衬衫、裙子和凉鞋。
• 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。