"duke it out" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 一決高下
• 打架 (口語)

Definition

與某人激烈地競爭或爭鬥，通常為瞭解決分歧或分出勝負。這通常用於非正式場合，可以指爭吵、比賽或打架。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式美式用語，多比喻激烈爭執、比賽或肢體衝突。常以 'let them duke it out' 讓雙方直接解決問題。幾乎不是真的指公爵間決鬥。

Examples

The two boys decided to duke it out in the playground.

兩個男孩決定在操場上**打一架**。

Let the teams duke it out and see who wins.

讓這些隊伍**一決高下**，看誰會贏。

Sometimes siblings need to duke it out to solve their problems.

有時兄弟姐妹需要**打一架**才能解決問題。

They've been arguing all day—maybe they just need to duke it out.

他們一整天都在爭吵—也許只要**打一架**就好了。

Politics can get messy when candidates duke it out on live TV.

當候選人在直播電視上**激烈對抗**時，政治就會變得混亂。

Instead of taking sides, let them duke it out themselves.

別插手，讓他們自己**一決高下**。