face-off

英 [ˈfeɪs ɒf]

美 [ˈfeɪs ɔːf]

n.  辩论; 搏斗; (冰球赛的)开球

复数：face-offs　

牛津词典

noun

• 辩论；搏斗
  an argument or a fight
  1. a face-off between the presidential candidates
     总统候选人之间的辩论
• （冰球赛的）开球
  the way of starting play in a game of ice hockey

英英释义

noun

• (ice hockey) the method of starting play
• a hostile disagreement face-to-face
  Synonym:confrontationencountershowdown

双语例句

• In the US, it is a face-off between California and Massachusetts for the title of the most entrepreneurial state, with three schools from each featuring in the top 10.
  在美国，加利福尼亚州与马萨诸塞州在争夺最具创业精神州头衔方面不相上下，两州各有三所院校跻身十强。
• In one, Iran ends up with nuclear weapons, bringing new instability and a hair-trigger face-off with nuclear Israel into one of the world's least-safe neighbourhoods.
  第一，伊朗停止会带来新一轮的不稳定和使以色列从千钧一发的核对峙到最不安全的领国的核试验。
• The Holy Spirit led Him into this face-off between the powers of heaven and hell.
  这并非纯属巧合，而是圣灵的引领，让属天与属地的两大势力对决。
• The design started from the viewpoint of "face-off", to change the texture and expressions of containers.
  以「变脸」的设计观点出发，改变材质，改变容器的表情。
• Being a member of NATO and in the front of the western-eastern face-off, the FRG was deeply involved in this confrontation.
  作为北约组织成员并处于东西方对抗前沿的联邦德国，深深地卷入了这场对抗之中。
• Lori greased up before the big face-off.
  罗瑞事前在手上涂了猪油。
• The two armies are locked in a face-off.
  两军对峙。
• Amid this face-off, the danger is that arguments over border taxes could make an agreement even more difficult to negotiate.
  这种对峙局面隐藏着一个危险：围绕边境税的争论可能会使协定的商谈变得更加艰难。
• Research on the Post-IPO Financial Performance Face-off of Listed Companies in China
  上市公司IPO之后财务业绩变脸研究
• Though emotionally satisfying for some, this creates a Ferguson, Missouri-style face-off between police and population.
  虽然此举给一部分人带来情绪上的满足，但它将导致密苏里州弗格森式的警民对峙。