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

• 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。
• Researchers from Auburn University in Alabama studied the biomechanics of the flip-flop and determined that wearing thong-style flip-flops can result in sore feet, ankles and legs.
  亚拉巴马州的奥本大学研究了夹趾拖鞋的生物力学原理，得出穿人字型样式的夹脚趾拖鞋会导致脚部，关节部位和腿部的疼痛的结论。
• 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。
• Clock regulate the operation of a digital system by allowing time for new results to be calculated by logic gates and then capturing the results in flip-flops.
  时钟信号控制着数字系统的操作，它让逻辑门计算新的结果，然后由触发器存储执行结果。
• 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。
• 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。
• Novel current-mode CMOS quaternary edge-triggered flip-flops
  新型电流型CMOS四值边沿触发器设计
• You can still be subtly adventurous. Just never wear flip-flops.
  你还可以穿得再大胆一些。
• 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。
• A woman in plastic flip-flops carried a black bucket filled with urine downstairs, accompanied by a young boy wearing only underwear.
  楼下，一位妇女趿着人字拖，手里提着个黑色尿壶，身旁的一个男孩子只穿了底裤。