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

• 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。
• But the state-run bank is low because of the sufficient rate of the capital at present. high problem of non-performing assets rate, there will be a great deal of risks in competing for with the face-off of the large international bank.
  但是目前国有银行由于资本充足率低、不良资产率高等问题，在与国际大银行的对抗竞争中会存在诸多风险。
• 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 armies are locked in a face-off.
  两军对峙。
• Pedestrian face-off is an awkward situation in which two pedestrians, who are on a collision course with each other, are repeatedly unsuccessful in averting one another.
  （暂译为“迎面相撞”）指的是两个行人迎面相撞，又屡次相互躲闪失败这样一个尴尬的情景。
• 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。
• Lori greased up before the big face-off.
  罗瑞事前在手上涂了猪油。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。