volte-face

名词 volte-face:

1. a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
   同义词：about-face, reversal, policy change

1. Herlatest speech represents a complete volte-face in governmentthinking.
   她最近的讲话表明政府观点完全改变了。

volte-face

n.（名词）
A reversal, as in policy; an about-face.
向后转：转向反面，如在政策上；大转变

来源：
French
法语
from Italian voltafaccia
源自 意大利语 voltafaccia
volta from voltare [to turn] * see vault 2
volta 源自 voltare [转] *参见 vault2
faccia [face] from Vulgar Latin *facia * see face
faccia [脸] 源自 俗拉丁语 *facia *参见 face