核心畫面

You can picture two things moving along the same line straight towards each other. Neither one turns away. The front of one meets the front of the other, with nothing in between and no room left to dodge. Every use of head-on keeps some part of that picture: the straightness of the line, the front meeting the front, and the fact that nobody aside.

可以想成兩個東西沿著同一條線,直直朝彼此過去。誰都沒有轉開。最後是前面對上前面,中間沒有東西擋著,也沒有閃躲的空間。更多收起可以想成兩個東西沿著同一條線,直直朝彼此過去。誰都沒有轉開。最後是前面對上前面,中間沒有東西擋著,也沒有閃躲的空間。head-on 的每一種用法,都留著這張圖的一部分:那條筆直的線、頭對著頭、還有誰都沒有讓開這件事。有時候對上的是另一台車,有時候是一個難題,有時候是另一群人。

Three branches

車頭對車頭:真的撞上

這一組是那張圖最原本的樣子。兩台車在同一條線上對開,車頭撞上車頭。差別只在字擺在哪裡:動詞後面、名詞前面、還是自己當名詞。

r · B2

Used after verbs like crash, collide, smash and hit to say that two vehicles met with the front of one striking the front of the other.

迎面相撞地

迎上難題:一個人對一件事

把麻煩想成迎面開來的車。你不轉彎、不繞路,就直直對上去。畫面從馬路搬進生活,但「不閃躲、正對上」這件事完全一樣。

r · B2

If you face, tackle, meet or deal with a problem head-on, you go straight at it instead of avoiding it, and you keep at it in a direct and determined way.

正面面對地;直接處理地

正面交鋒:兩邊對上彼此

這一次,兩個「頭」都是人。兩邊都不讓路,於是在同一條線上對上。撞車時是車與車,這裡是隊伍與隊伍、部門與部門。

r · B2

If two people, teams or groups meet or clash head-on in an argument or a competition, they come straight up against each other and each side pushes hard to win.

正面交鋒地