1. Face to face -- 强调面对面的物理接触或直接交流 -- 中性含义，可用于各种场合 -- 例句： * Let's discuss this face to face.（我们当面讨论这个问题） * The two leaders met face to face for the first time.（两位领 ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
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【face to face】 —
1. addressing smb. directly:
There are some students who are shy and will only talk to you online, but others would rather talk 【face to face】 .
2. in direct encounter with a person:
She toadied to her superiors when she really came 【face to face】 with them.
【head to head】 —
1. in direct confrontation or conflict:
On the same day the two candidates go 【head to head】 in their only joint televised debate.
2. competing so closely that the lead is virtually indistinguishable:
He made an announcement saying that the two candidates were 【head to head】 so it wasn’t time to celebrate yet.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with its formal French counterpart tête-à-tête—a talk in private with only two people present:
He had tête-à-tête with Maung Aye, the powerful Burmese army chief, when he visited Thailand.
