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

A face-off also restarts the game after each goal.
脸小康也重新启动游戏后，每一个目标。
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。
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。
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”。
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。
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。
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。
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 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。