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单词 mano a mano
释义

mano a mano

/ˌmɑːnəʊ ə ˈmɑːnəʊ / /ˌmanəʊ a ˈmanəʊ/
US informal
adverb & adjective
Head-to-head; one-to-one: [as adverb]: they want to settle this mano a mano...
  • The time has come for Calgary's business community to compete with Toronto mano a mano.
  • Who could race mano a mano with The King or The Silver Fox?
  • Had he shrunk himself down to the size of a cell and injected himself into sick patients' bodies, to battle mano-a-mano with their disease-causing microbes?
noun (mano-a-mano (plural mano-a-manos))
An intense confrontation, contest, or fight between two adversaries: a real courtroom mano-a-mano...
  • A day before their mano-a-mano in Miami, they appear to have a lot in common.
  • Would he care to desist his blathering on what is clearly an unfair system, and step outside and settle this mano-a-mano?
  • Everything seemed to indicate that a continued confrontation in mano-a-manos was going to take place between these two superstars.

Origin

Spanish, literally 'hand-to-hand'.

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