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Mostly American: when two people or teams square off, they stand facing each other, ready to fight or compete — boxers, teams, politicians in a debate. Often square off against someone. Sports and news English.
對上;正面交鋒
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
square offverb
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To get ready for a confrontation (debate, argument, fight).
- Hey, man, don't square off on me with some bullshit.
- When James Baldwin Squared Off Against William F. Buckley Jr. [title]
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To increase the boxiness of (a design).
- After the aeronautically inspired curvaceous designs of the 1930s and 1940s, many American automotive designs of the 1950s through 1970s were somewhat more squared off.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。