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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Denim, T-shirts and flip-flops all'90s phenoms are only acceptable in the most casual of work environments.
  粗斜纹棉布，圆领衬衣，拖鞋等等90后的特征，在非常随意的工作环境中才是可以的。
• 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。
• One handed out anti-Mormon pamphlets; another held up a pair of flip-flops.
  一个人在分发反摩门教的小册子，另一个举着一双沙滩鞋。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pick something practical over something cute, and be careful when it comes to flip-flops and sandals.
  只穿实用的，不穿可爱的，如果要穿凉拖和凉鞋的时候要特别小心。
• 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。