学个词Learn a Word 第664期 About-face

今天我们要学的词是about-face。 About-face, 是改变方向的意思。华盛顿邮报说，就在财政部长盖特纳公布解决不良资产的相关计划的几天前， "Treasury¹ Secretary Geithner and his team made a sudden about-face," 财政部长盖特纳和他领导的工作小组突然改变了主意。美国社交网站Facebook不久前调整隐私条款，引起用户的抗议。 "Facebook was forced to do an about-face and returned to its original privacy policy," Facebook被迫改弦易辙，重新启用旧版的隐私条款。好的，今天我们学习的词是about-face...

 

1 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。