showdowns
n.决战,决定胜负的对决:关键时刻的决定性竞争或冲突。
例句
There is no guarantee of rationality in these showdowns.
在这样的紧要关头没有合理的保证。
It has been one of the most acrimonious industrial showdowns in Australia in decades.
这是澳大利亚数十年来最为暴戾的劳资大决战。
And our economy can't afford more protracted showdowns or manufactured crises along the way.
而我们的经济在这条道路上已经不堪承受拖延许久的较量或人为制造的危机。