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
双语例句
- He is about to turn on the light.
他就要把灯打开。 - 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？ - The couple was quarreling furiously about whose turn it was to cook the dinner.
这对夫妇对该轮到谁做晚饭而激烈争吵着。 - What kind of indications are you looking for as signs that the economy is about to get better and that the stock market and the investment world are about to turn the corner?
您觉得出现什么迹象就能表明经济将出现好转，股市和整个投资界即将转危为安了？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Oh, that's rich. you're about to turn over the flute, and you act as if I'm surrendering.
喔，太棒了。你马上就要把魔笛交出来，但听你的意思好象是我要投降了。 - 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。 - When I was about to turn left at the end of the hallway the chill disappeared and I stopped.
在走廊另一头卧正要左拐的时候，那阵寒意消失了，我停下脚步。