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

• 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。
• 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。
• "He and the manager had a face-off, but nothing came of it."
  “他和经理对抗，但是没什么结果。”
• 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。
• And it made her an instant hero among the millions of television viewers who had tuned in to watch the face-off between the Murdochs and their parliamentary interrogators.
  而对于默多克在听证会上的表现，几乎所有媒体都引用了他在听证会上的开场白，“这是我人生中最为卑微的一天”。
• Lori greased up before the big face-off.
  罗瑞事前在手上涂了猪油。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most damaging was the face-off over the Senkaku Islands last fall, in which the Japanese Coast Guard arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing vessel in the disputed waters.
  对中日关系破坏最大的当属去年秋季两国围绕尖阁列岛（SenkakuIslands，中国称钓鱼岛&译注）问题展开的对抗。日本海上保安厅（JapaneseCoastGuard）在争议水域逮捕了一名中国渔船船长。
• 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。