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

• You should not have risked the confrontation with the government.
  你们本不该冒险对抗政府的。
• Tell me about a time when you had a confrontation with a coworker or boss.
  告诉我你有没有和同事或者老板发生过冲突？
• We should strengthen the exchange and dialogue between different civilizations, and prevent civilization confrontation or conflict.
  我们要加强不同文明之间的交流与对话，防止文明对抗或冲突的发生。
• 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。
• 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。
• We want to get away from the politics of outdated dogmatism and class confrontation.
  我们想摒弃过时的教条主义和阶级对抗的政治观点。
• 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。
• We need cooperation, not confrontation;
  我们需要合作，不需要对抗；
• Direct confrontation was not his way.
  正面冲突不是他的风格。
• They have experienced the process of short-term cooperation and long-term opposition, forming a split situation of armed confrontation.
  它们经历了短暂合作、长期互相反对的斗争过程，形成武力对杭的分裂局面，对巴勒斯坦建国事业产生了不利影响。