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- a face-off between the presidential candidates
总统候选人之间的辩论
- a face-off between the presidential candidates
- （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
双语例句
- Lori greased up before the big face-off.
罗瑞事前在手上涂了猪油。 - 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。 - 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。 - The debate was considered a crucial test for Mr Obama, who has suffered a sharp decline in the polls since the first face-off against his Republican rival two weeks ago.
这场辩论被认为是对奥巴马的关键考验。自两周前首次与共和党竞争对手交锋以来，奥巴马在民调中的支持率急剧下滑。 - 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。 - The two armies are locked in a face-off.
两军对峙。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。