du·el
noun/ˈdjuːəl/
/ˈduːəl/
- (in the past) a formal fight with weapons between two people who disagreed, especially over a matter of honour
（尤指为荣誉而进行的）决斗 - to fight/win a duel
进行／赢得决斗 - to challenge somebody to a duel
要求与某人决斗
Extra Examples- He fought a duel with the prince.
他与王子决斗。 - a duel between the two officers
两名军官之间的决斗
- to fight/win a duel
- a competition or struggle between two people or groups
（双方的）竞争，斗争 - The debate rapidly descended into a verbal duel between the two candidates.
辩论迅速演变成两位候选人之间的口水战。
- The debate rapidly descended into a verbal duel between the two candidates.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin duellum, archaic and literary form of bellum ‘war’, used in medieval Latin with the meaning ‘combat between two persons’, partly influenced by dualis ‘of two’. The original sense was ‘single combat used to decide a judicial dispute’; the sense ‘contest to decide a point of honour’ dates from the early 17th cent.