about-turn

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Such an about-turn may reflect nervousness about rising prices on the spot market.
这种转变也反映出对现货市场价格上涨的担心。
As part of this about-turn he sent some 80,000 troops into the FATA to take on the militants.
作为这一彻底转变得一部分，他派遣了大约8万名士兵进入部族地区与武装分子作战。
In a botched about-turn, Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s prime minister, conceded that his plan to remove an American military base from the island of Okinawa was not feasible.
原订计划被彻底打乱之后，日本首相鸠山由纪夫宣告美军基地从冲绳岛撤离的计划失败。

And even though these things can come across-- can come apart slightly under certain scenarios, those details won't matter for what we're about to turn to.
即便这些东西-,在特定情况下不完全同时发生，这些细节不会干扰到我们将要探讨的问题。
耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选
Now, I've talked to you essentially about the economic aspect of this phenomenon and I'd like to turn next-- give me a second here I just want to find out where I am in this.
至此我已经基本上给大家,讲完了这一现象的经济意义,接下来,让我想想,我们该讲什么了
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When transcription happens and it turns out that there's a whole biology associated with this, including molecules that are floating around inside your cells called transcription factors, and their job-- they are molecules that are about particular genes and what some of the sequences and are able to turn on those genes inside cells, to make them transcribe.
研究证明,当细胞转录时,还有与之相关的一整套生物机制在运作,包括一种在你细胞中飘浮着的,称为转录因子的分子,它们的工作就是,它们知道该转录哪一段基因,该转录哪一段序列,然后把这些细胞中的基因激活,进行转录
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FleetBoston did a strategic about-turn last year, when it decided to focus on retail banking.
ECONOMIST: A Titan or a Titanic price?