汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 针锋相对
针锋相对 (針鋒相對)
to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
针锋 Needle tip / Needle tip to needle tip / It is a metaphor for the sharp confrontation between the two sides in terms of strategy, argument and action
针尖对针尖。比喻双方意见、观点等尖锐对立;也比喻针对对方的言论或行动进行相应的回击他们两人的意见针锋相对|我们的方针是针锋相对,寸土必争。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

很难想象两种如此针锋相对的生涯。

Two more opposing career paths can hardly be imagined.

因此,我们也不打算与竞争对手针锋相对

As such, we do not intend to be reactive to competitors.

表面上,双方这些针锋相对的态度意味着僵局。

On the surface these attitudes seem to spell deadlock.

在危险面前,与其坐以待毙,不如采取针锋相对的行动。

In the face of dangers, it is better for one to take positive.

这场辩论会使北方的工业国家和南方的发展中国家针锋相对

The debate will pit the industrial North against developing countries in the South.

对此,香山会议代表、军事科学院研究员江新凤在现场进行了针锋相对的批驳。

Jiang Xinfeng, an attendee at the forum and a research fellow with the PLA Academy of Military Science (AMS), refuted his accusation on the spot.

不过,在儒家内部却有很大分歧,即孟子的性善论与荀子的性恶论的针锋相对

Two of the most famous philosophers of Confucianism Mencius and Xunzi are no exceptions.

第一块写着“国家正在修复大皇宫”,另一块针锋相对,写着,“巴黎城市大厅正在重修小皇宫”。

“The state is restoring the Grand Palais,” read the first; “The Paris town hall is restoring the Petit Palais,” retorted the second.

甲午中日战争结束以后,维新派和洋务派根据各自的出发点,在“中学”与“西学”方面进行了一场针锋相对的思想论争。

After the failure of the Sino-Japan War in 1894, westernizationists and reformists started a sharp dispute on "Chinese learning" and "Western learning" according to their own motivations and aims.

在那场堪称电影史上最赏心悦目的拳赛情节上,伊凡·德拉戈和洛奇·巴伯数个回合针锋相对

In what is probably one of the most enjoyable boxing scenes in cinema history, Ivan Drago and Rocky Balboa go toe-to-toe for several rounds.