confrontation

英 [ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌkɑːnfrənˈteɪʃn]

n.  对抗; 对峙; 冲突

复数：confrontations　

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牛津词典

noun

• 对抗；对峙；冲突
  a situation in which there is an angry disagreement between people or groups who have different opinions
  1. She wanted to avoid another confrontation with her father.
     她想避免和父亲再次发生冲突。
  2. confrontation between employers and unions
     资方与工会之间的对峙

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 对抗;冲突;战斗;战役
  Aconfrontationis a dispute, fight, or battle between two groups of people.
  1. The issue has caused great tension between the two countries and could lead to a military confrontation...
     这个问题使得两国关系非常紧张，可能会导致军事对抗。
  2. The commission remains so weak that it will continue to avoid confrontation with governments.
     该委员会的力量仍然十分薄弱，所以将继续避免与各国政府发生冲突。

英英释义

noun

• a focussed comparison
• the act of hostile groups opposing each other
  1. the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions
  2. the invaders encountered stiff opposition
  Synonym:opposition
• a hostile disagreement face-to-face
  Synonym:encountershowdownface-off
• discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions
• a bold challenge

双语例句

• We need cooperation, not confrontation;
  我们需要合作，不需要对抗；
• I see we are shifting gears from confrontation into transparency and cooperation.
  我看到，我们现在正由对抗转变到透明和协作。
• They will plead with him to pull back from confrontation
  他们将请求他退出冲突。
• The government were dragged willy-nilly into the confrontation.
  政府不管情愿不情愿，也被拖进了这场冲突。
• Direct confrontation was not his way.
  正面冲突不是他的风格。
• Peacemakers tend to avoid conflict or confrontation.
  怕面对与别人的冲突和纷争。
• Police in the city have been cleaning up the debris left by a day of violent confrontation
  该市警察一直在清理一天的暴力冲突后留下的碎石残砖。
• A military confrontation between India and Pakistan two nuclear-armed neighbours would obviously be extremely dangerous.
  印度与巴基斯坦这两个相邻的核武器国家，一旦陷入军事对峙，显然将是极度危险的。
• Camus defined absurdity as a confrontation and division between the rational and irrational, and between eternity and finity.
  加缪把荒诞定义为一种理性与非理性、永恒与有限之间的对立和断裂。
• She finds the continual confrontation very wearing
  她发现持续的对峙让人精疲力竭。