[每日] volte-face (n) 意見轉變
Word of the Day (Saturday October 4, 2008)
volte-face \vawlt-FAHS; vawl-tuh-\, noun:
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An about-face; a reversal, as in policy or opinion.
I was eventually eased out of the organisation, but not before
British policy had performed a volte-face on Cyprus, the colony
had gained independence, and yesterday's political wisdoms had
suddenly been repudiated.
-- George Urban, Radio Free Europe and the Pursuit of Democracy
In a sudden volte-face, he seemed to accept the agreement; then,
when the besieged forces came out to embark, he had their barges
held in port.
-- Richard Eder, "Just Wild About Horatio", New York Times,
November 7, 1999
Suddenly confronted with the imminent ruin of Angela Lyne, his
former mistress, who is drinking herself to death out of
loneliness, he does the first real volte-face of his life by
returning to her.
-- L.E. Sissman, "Evelyn Waugh: The Height of His Powers", The
Atlantic, March 1972
Volte-face comes from French, from Italian voltafaccia, from
volta, "turn" + faccia, "face."
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