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

• 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。
• He is a great face-off player in hockey.
  他是个在“一对一”的比赛中很厉害的曲棍球选手。
• 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。
• Brand loyalty is giving European manufactures a leg-up in the face-off with their US rivals.
  忠于品牌的消费心理使欧洲制造商在与美国对手的竞争中处于有利地位。
• 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 two armies are locked in a face-off.
  两军对峙。
• 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
• On the contrary, register, want pieces of doctrine register biological right result of change between the party, there is no effect of the third person of face-off.
  相反，登记要件主义当事人之间未经登记不发生物权变动之效果，也无对抗第三人的效力。
• The two university debate teams are scheduled for a televised face-off this evening at one of the shanghai TV studios.
  那两支大学辩论队定于今晚在一个上海电视台举行电视直播较量。
• 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。