My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death .
我和壁纸之间将有一场生死决斗。
Plain packs will not end the duel .
平装法案不会终止斗争。
Today I sense a polite backlash among the present generation of young women who have watched their moms buckle under the duel pressures of jobs and motherhood .
a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor同义词:affaire d'honneur
any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
动词 duel:
fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman
例句
A challenge to a duel.挑战要求决斗
A duel or battle with firearms.枪战用火器进行的决斗或战斗
They are engaging in a duel of words.他们双方在斗嘴。
I challenge him to a duel.我向他挑战进行决斗。
详细解释
du.el n.(名词)A prearranged, formal combat between two persons, usually fought to settle a point of honor.决斗:预先安排的两人间正式格斗,一般是通过斗争解决关系到荣誉的某件事,某一点A struggle for domination between two contending persons, groups, or ideas.斗争:相互对抗的人们,团体或思想之间争夺统治地位的斗争v.(动词)du.eled 或 du.elled du.el.ing 或 du.el.ling du.els 或 du.els v.tr.(及物动词)To engage (another) in or as if in formal combat.使(另一人)参加或好象参加决斗To oppose actively and forcefully.反对:积极而有力地反对v.intr.(不及物动词)To engage in or as if in formal combat.参加或好象参加正式决斗 来源:Middle English duelle 中古英语 duelle from Medieval Latin duellum 源自 中世纪拉丁语 duellum from Latin [war] 源自 拉丁语 [战争] variant of bellumbellum的变体 【引伸】 du.eler 或 du.elist n.(名词)