head-to-head

英 [ˌhed tə ˈhed]

美 [ˌhed tə ˈhed]

adj.  正面交锋的; 面对面的
n.  肉搏战; 白刃战

牛津词典

adj.

• 正面交锋的；面对面的
  in which two people or groups face each other directly in order to decide the result of a disagreement or competition
  1. a head-to-head battle/clash/contest
     正面战斗 / 冲突 / 竞争

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 正面交锋的;短兵相接的
  Ahead-to-headcontest or competition is one in which two people or groups compete directly against each other.
  1. He won a head-to-head battle with NF leader Jean-Marie Le Pen.
     他在和国民阵线领袖让-马里·勒庞的正面交锋中获得了胜利。
  2. Head-to-headis also an adverb.
     
  3. Canadian business cannot compete head-to-head with American business.
     加拿大企业无力同美国企业正面交锋。
• N-COUNT 正面交锋的比赛
  Ahead-to-headis a head-to-head contest or competition.
  1. ...a head-to-head between the champion and the aspiring champion.
     卫冕冠军和挑战者之间的正面交锋

英英释义

adj

• inconclusive as to outcome
  1. as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
  2. the election was a nip and tuck affair
  Synonym:neck and necknip and tuck
• involving two persons
  1. a tete-a-tete supper
  2. a head-to-head conversation
  Synonym:tete-a-tete

adv

• even or close in a race or competition or comparison
  1. the horses ran neck and neck
  2. he won nip and tuck
  Synonym:neck and necknip and tuck

双语例句

• The200 free was a particular disappointment for swimming fans looking forward to the only head-to-head between Phelps and Australia's Thorpe.
  对于游泳爱好者来说，200米自由泳的比赛尤其令人失望，因为他们原本只是想看菲尔普斯和澳大利亚的索普进行对决。
• One of Chelsea's two African Cup of Nations participants will be heading back to London after next Saturday's quarter-final as Cameroon go head-to-head with Ivory Coast.
  切尔西的两名参加非洲杯的球员中的一个，将注定会在下周六喀麦隆对象牙海岸的四分之一决赛之后，回到伦敦。
• Beat the computer or go head-to-head with a friend or the entire family!
  打败计算机或者势均力敌地跟一个朋友一起去或者整个家庭！
• Two fetuses go head-to-head in the womb.
  子宫中，两个胎儿头顶头的肉搏战。
• We have no head-to-head front-line data comparing capecitabine with any of the other agents ( as single-agent therapy).
  我们没有卡培他滨与任何其它药物在一线直接对照的数据。
• Businessinsider is claiming to have seen the rarest of devices: new blackberries intended to take on apple and Google head-to-head.
  科技博客BusinessInsider称已看到了最罕见的设备：欲与苹果公司（Apple）和谷歌公司（Google）一决雌雄的、全新设计的黑莓手机。
• Another example of bias is that pharmaceutical companies do few head-to-head comparisons of treatments.
  另一个例子则是，制药公司很少进行直接治疗方法的比较研究。
• The elimination of head-to-head competition between two leading firms may result in unilateral anticompetitive effects.
  消除两家处于市场中领导地位的公司间势均力敌的竞争可能导致单方面的反竞争效应。
• Google and Apple will now go head-to-head in the battle for dominance in the fast-growing smartphone market, as both will control the hardware and software of their products.
  谷歌和苹果将在快速增长的智能手机市场展开直接较量，争夺霸主地位，两家公司都将控制各自产品的硬件和软件。
• Juventus are going head-to-head with Barcelona for two striker targets.
  尤文图斯正在为了两名前锋和巴塞罗那进行肉搏战。