| 单词 | confrontation |
| 释义 | confrontation (once / 1787 pages) n A confrontation is an angry disagreement. You might become so irritated about your upstairs neighbor's loud, awful music that a confrontation is unavoidable. Confrontation implies hostility, although like a fight, a confrontation can involve actual violence, or just a clash of words. A confrontation often refers to a military encounter involving opposing armies. This meaning became popular after the Cuban missile crisis in 1963. Before that, confrontation was used to mean "bringing two opposing parties face to face," from the Latin word confrontationem. WORD FAMILYconfrontation: confrontational, confrontations+/confront: confrontation, confronted, confronting, confronts/confrontational: confrontationally USAGE EXAMPLESHolden discovers his strange abilities during a confrontation with the aforementioned bad guys, but then he is curiously uninterested in exploring them. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Gun deaths are common in heists, holdups and in confrontations among police, drug gangs and other criminals in Brazil, but targeted mass shootings are rare. Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) The confrontation escalated inside when somebody in Williams’s group sprayed champagne in celebration. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions Hyper discord, dissension disagreement among those expected to cooperate 2n a hostile disagreement face-to-face Syn|Hyper encounter, face-off, showdown disagreement the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing 3n the act of hostile groups opposing each other the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions Syn|Hypo|Hyper opposition strikebreaking confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers resistance group action in opposition to those in power 4n a bold challenge Hyper challenge a call to engage in a contest or fight 5n a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison Hyper comparing, comparison the act of examining resemblances |
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