Britain has a World Cup showdown with Australia next month.
下个月英国队和澳大利亚队将有一场世界杯的决战。
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showdown• Everyone in the office knew that there would be a showdown sooner or later, the way things were going.• I felt it was necessary to have a showdown.• A sequence of events since last spring made a showdown over these issues almost inevitable, analystscontend.• The Senate moved toward another showdown with the President over the budget.• Odd things have been happening to the Republicans in Congress since their disastrousshowdown with the president over the budget.• Behind the scenes Pilger, still fuming from the Kennedy Hotelshowdown, was working separately.• So you must expect one last showdown that's followed by a decisivestep in a new direction.• What happened was the night before break started, Rudy and I had another one of our showdowns in his bed.• The showdown between Rosecrans and Bragg finally came in mid-September.• The showdown came when the Andover people helped impose a ban on prostitution.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHOWDOWN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤climactic, final形成高潮的決戰;最後的較量◇The scene was set for the final showdown.最後的決戰即將到來。➤dramatic, ultimate激動人心的/最終的決戰➤long-awaited, looming期待已久的/正在逼近的決戰➤military, nuclear軍事決戰;核攤牌➤Commons, political, Senate下院/政治/參議院爭奪戰➤courtroom, High Court, Supreme Court法庭/高等法院/最高法院決戰▸➤championship, quarter-final, semi-final, title, etc. (sport體育) 錦標賽比賽、四分之一決賽爭奪、半決賽比拼、爭奪冠軍的較量等➤relegation, winner-takes-all (both BrE, sport體育) 降級賽;一決雌雄的生死戰VERB + SHOWDOWN➤have一決雌雄▸➤avert, avoid避免/迴避攤牌▸➤face, head for面臨/即將攤牌▸➤force, seek迫使攤牌;力爭決一雌雄◇He was now strong enough to force a showdown with them.現在他的實力足以與他們決一雌雄了。PREPOSITION➤showdown against對⋯的決戰◇the showdown against Holland in April4 月與荷蘭隊的決戰➤showdown between⋯之間的決戰◇the title showdown between Brazil and France巴西隊和法國隊之間的冠軍爭奪戰➤showdown over關於⋯的決戰◇The government is heading for a showdown over the new proposals.政府將面臨對新提案的最後抉擇。➤showdown with與⋯的決戰◇the semi-final showdown with Australia last month上個月與澳大利亞隊的半決賽PHRASES➤it comes to a showdown (= a showdown happens)決戰來臨◇Of course I'll support you if it comes to a showdown.到最後攤牌的時候我當然會支持你。