首页confrontationconfrontation的意思
confrontation
英 [,kɒnfrʌn'teɪʃn]
美[,kɑnfrən'teʃən]
- n. 对抗;面对;对质
词态变化
复数: confrontations;
英文词源
- confrontation (n.)
- 1630s, "action of bringing two parties face to face," from Medieval Latin confrontationem (nominative confrontatio), noun of action from past participle stem of confrontare (see confront). International political sense is attested from 1963 and traces to the "Cuban missile crisis" of the previous year.
双语例句
- 1. The King made major concessions to end the confrontation with his people.
- 为了结束与其臣民的冲突,国王作出了很大的让步。
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- 2. He had ducked the confrontation with United Nations inspectors last summer.
- 去年夏天他避开了与联合国核查人员的对峙。
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- 3. This could pitch the government into confrontation with the work-force.
- 这有可能把政府推向与工人正面交锋的境地。
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- 4. They will plead with him to pull back from confrontation.
- 他们将请求他退出冲突。
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- 5. The confrontation turned ugly.
- 对抗局面进一步激化。
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