confrontation

noun

1. 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

1. N-VAR 对抗;冲突;战斗;战役
   A confrontation is 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. We want to get away from the politics of outdated dogmatism and class confrontation.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。
7. The opposition appear to have chosen the path of cooperation rather than confrontation
   反对派似乎已经选择了合作而不是对抗的路线。
8. This could pitch the government into confrontation with the workforce.
   这有可能把政府推向与工人正面交锋的境地。
9. They will plead with him to pull back from confrontation
   他们将请求他退出冲突。
10. Today the city government has taken measures to prevent a repetition of last year's confrontation
    今天市政府已经采取措施，防止去年的冲突重演。
11. Some members feared Germany might raise its interest rates on Thursday. That could have set the scene for a confrontation with the US.
    一些成员国担心德国可能于星期四提高利率，那有可能导致其与美国发生冲突。
12. The confrontation turned ugly.
    对抗局面进一步激化。
13. Direct confrontation was not his way.
    正面冲突不是他的风格。
14. She finds the continual confrontation very wearing
    她发现持续的对峙让人精疲力竭。
15. 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。
16. The power of humor to dissolve a hostile confrontation often lies in its unspoken promise.
    幽默能够缓解敌对冲突，其力量在于它那不言而喻的许诺。
17. 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？
18. You should not have risked the confrontation with the government.
    你们本不该冒险对抗政府的。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. We need cooperation, not confrontation;
    我们需要合作，不需要对抗；
22. Peacemakers tend to avoid conflict or confrontation.
    怕面对与别人的冲突和纷争。
23. Movement in the form of routines and confrontation.
    运动形式有套路和对抗等。
24. Concerns continued to mount, meanwhile, that the military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine could escalate beyond Crimea.
    与此同时，人们越来越担忧，俄罗斯和乌克兰之间的军事冲突可能升级到克里米亚以外的地方。
25. At this session we have had confrontation, thus attaining clarity and thoroughness in our thinking.
    在这一次会议上，我们就在思想上交锋了，有明确性了，有彻底性了。
26. 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。
27. In a dispute or confrontation.
    处在争论或者对峙的状态中。
28. 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。
29. This is the age of ideological confrontation.
    这是一个意识形态对抗的年代。
30. 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。

noun

1. a focussed comparison

2. 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

3. a hostile disagreement face-to-face

   Synonym:    encountershowdownface-off

4. discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions

5. a bold challenge