duel

noun

1. 决斗
   a formal fight with weapons between two people, used in the past to settle a disagreement, especially over a matter of honour
   1. to fight/win a duel
      进行 / 赢得决斗
   2. to challenge sb to a duel
      要求与某人决斗
2. （双方的）竞争，斗争
   a competition or struggle between two people or groups
   1. a verbal duel
      舌战

in AM, use 美国英语用 dueling, dueled


1. N-COUNT 决斗
   A duel is a formal fight between two people in which they use guns or swords in order to settle a quarrel.
   1. He had killed a man in a duel.
      他在一场决斗中杀了一名男子。
2. N-COUNT (双方的)争斗,冲突
   You can refer to a conflict between two people or groups as a duel .
   1. The area has been the scene of sporadic artillery duels over the last six weeks.
      在过去的 6 周中,该地区曾经发生过零星的炮击。
3. V-RECIP 进行决斗;卷入决斗
   To duel means to fight a duel or be involved in a conflict.
   1. We duelled for two years and Peterson made the most of it, playing us off against each other.
      我们争斗了两年，彼得森充分利用这点挑拨我俩对阵。
   2. ...two silver French duelling pistols.
      两把银制法国决斗手枪

1. He had killed a man in a duel.
   他在一场决斗中杀了一名男子。
2. The area has been the scene of sporadic artillery duels over the last six weeks.
   在过去的6周中，该地区曾经发生过零星的炮击。
3. We duelled for two years and Peterson made the most of it, playing us off against each other.
   我们争斗了两年，彼得森充分利用这点挑拨我俩对阵。
4. I won the duel.
   决斗我胜利了。
5. The composer Strauss was once challenged to a duel by a jealous officer.
   作曲家斯特劳斯曾受到一位嫉妒的军官要和他决斗的挑战。
6. I challenge you to a duel at dawn the next day.
   我在第二天的拂晓向你挑战。
7. Life's just a duel, that's how the world is made.
   生命只是一场决斗，这就是世界被建成的方式。
8. What the hell is a piano duel?
   究竟什么是钢琴决斗？
9. Feeling were so intense that they fought a duel.
   双方情绪异常激烈，以至进行了一场决斗。
10. A duel is no joke, asshole.
    决斗，不是玩笑，你这个混蛋！
11. A duel would require you to face your opponent.
    决斗时需要你面对着你的对手。
12. It's time to duel, and there's no backing down.
    这是决斗的时刻，而且已经再不容许让步。
13. His opponent defied him to a duel.
    他的敌手挑激他决斗。
14. In a duel, as in a game of chance, both parties willingly agree to run a risk.
    在一场决斗中，和一场风险游戏中一样，双方都甘心情愿冒险。
15. A duel was fought to settle the dispute between you and Loghain once and for all.
    为了平息纷争，你和洛根来了一场决斗。
16. There is a similar culture about duel in the past of China, what is it?
    在中国古代和决斗相似的文化是什么？
17. "But the duel will not take place, edmond, since you forgive?"
    “但是，爱德蒙，既然你宽恕了他，那场决斗就不会举行了吗？”
18. Day& Night is a strategic board game where two players duel as Lady Day and Lady Night.
    “日与夜”是一款策略桌面游戏，玩家在游戏中扮演日夫人和夜夫人两位对手进行对抗。
19. A duel or battle with firearms.
    枪战用火器进行的决斗或战斗。
20. The next minute she challenged me to a duel.
    下一分钟她就给我下决斗战书。
21. He planned to have a duel, but we balked him out of it.
    他打算决斗，但是我们劝阻了他。
22. Never interrupt a man in the middle of a duel.
    不能妨碍一个正在决斗中的人。
23. He summoned me to a duel and I agreed.
    他要和我决斗，我同意了。
24. Please, dear notary. don't duel with him.
    亲爱的公证人请不要和他决斗。
25. We will fight a duel of double-bladed axes.
    我们将用双刃斧决斗。
26. The official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match.
    在一场决斗或拳击比赛上的竞争者的官方的服务员。
27. I actually want to see them duel.
    我居然很想看他们对决。
28. You just ran from a duel, do you know what the priests back at Darnassus would say?
    你刚刚从决斗中逃跑了，你知道回到达纳苏斯那些牧师们会说啥么？
29. This is a duel. it's a sacred thing.
    这是场决斗，很神圣的。
30. Areyou readyfor a monster-truck duel to the death?
    你准备好跟魔鬼卡车决斗并去死吗？

noun

1. any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)

2. a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor

   Synonym:    affaire d'honneur

verb

1. fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman
   1. In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters