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

• 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。
• The two stores are in head-to-head competition.
  这两家商店在针锋相对地竞争。
• Oracle and IBM are the last ones standing, going head-to-head after enterprise software partners and/ or acquisitions.
  甲骨文（Oracle）和国际商务机器公司（IBM）是最后几家屹立不倒的公司，在争夺软件合作企业和/或并购对象方面打了个势均力敌。
• 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！
• 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。
• Two fetuses go head-to-head in the womb.
  子宫中，两个胎儿头顶头的肉搏战。
• The two teams go head-to-head on sunday.
  星期天这两个队将正面交锋。
• But I went head-to-head against Aaron brooks.
  但我来到团长对团长布鲁克斯对亚伦。
• 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。
• The two groups, now with realigned priorities, will continue to go head-to-head in their new priority businesses, too, corporate banking, trade finance and high-end personal banking.
  这两大集团的战略重心都经过了调整，它们也会在企业银行、贸易融资和高端个人银行等新的优先业务上，展开针锋相对的竞争。