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showdown

英 ['ʃəʊdaʊn] 美['ʃodaʊn]
  • n. 摊牌;紧要关头;最后一决胜负

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复数: showdowns;

英文词源


showdown (n.)
also show-down, 1873 in card-playing (especially poker) a slang term for the act of laying down the hands face-up, from show (v.) + down (adv.). Figurative sense of "final confrontation" is from 1904.

双语例句


1. The Prime Minister is preparing for a showdown with Ministers.
首相正准备和部长们摊牌。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Management are facing a showdown with union members today.
今天资方准备和工会成员摊牌。

来自《权威词典》

3. I'd like to avoid a showdown with my boss if I possibly can.
我尽可能地避免同老板摊牌.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. She was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.
她始终鼓不起勇气摊牌.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.
他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》