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confrontation n.面对,面对面,对质 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. ★★★☆☆ 2012.3

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[ˌkɔnfrʌn'teiʃən] A confrontation is an angry disagreement. You might become so irritated about your upstairs neighbor's loud, awful music that a confrontation is unavoidable. As a discovery claim works it through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]对抗；冲突；战斗；战役 A confrontation is a dispute, fight, or battle between two groups of people.   [oft N with/between n]The issue has caused great tension between the two countries and could lead to a military confrontation...这个问题使得两国关系非常紧张，可能会导致军事对抗。The commission remains so weak that it will continue to avoid confrontation with governments.该委员会的力量仍然十分薄弱，所以将继续避免与各国政府发生冲突。

英语单词	confrontation
英美音标	[ˌkɔnfrʌn'teiʃən]
中文释义	n.面对,面对面,对质
vocab简明	A confrontation is an angry disagreement. You might become so irritated about your upstairs neighbor's loud, awful music that a confrontation is unavoidable.
vocab扩展	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.
真题原句	As a discovery claim works it through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]对抗；冲突；战斗；战役 A confrontation is a dispute, fight, or battle between two groups of people. [oft N with/between n] The issue has caused great tension between the two countries and could lead to a military confrontation... 这个问题使得两国关系非常紧张，可能会导致军事对抗。 The commission remains so weak that it will continue to avoid confrontation with governments. 该委员会的力量仍然十分薄弱，所以将继续避免与各国政府发生冲突。
来源	2012.3

Confrontation Fight Military Opposing Discovery Claim ˌkɔnfrʌn'teiʃən N.面对,面对面,对质