1 N-PLURAL 人字拖鞋 Flip-flops are open shoes which are held on your feet by a strap that goes between your toes.
人字拖鞋 in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 thongs
2 VERB (尤指政客)改变决定,转持相反观点 If you say that someone, especially a politician,
flip-flops on a decision, you are critical of them because they change their decision, so that they do or think the opposite.
(尤指政客)改变决定,转持相反观点 [mainly US, informal, disapproval] -
He has been criticized for flip-flopping on several key issues. [VERB + on]
他因为在几个关键问题上临场变卦而备受批评。
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He seemed so sure of his decision, how could he flip-flop so dramatically now? [VERB]
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?
Flip-flop is also a noun.
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