The candidates squared up to each other in front of a television audience of 70 million people.

在7千万电视观众的面前，这两位总统候选人摩拳擦掌严阵以待。

The two lads squared up to each other.

【square】这两个少年摆好了打架的架势。

They were squaring up to each other, Sirius looking livid, Snape calculating, his eyes darting from Sirius's wand-tip to his face.

斯内普也亮出了魔杖。两人摆开架式，小天狼星脸色铁青，斯内普在算计，目光在小天狼星的脸和杖尖之间扫来扫去。

The US House of Representatives squared up to vote on Wednesday to suspend the US debt limit, a critical step to avoid a destabilizing default.

美国众议院将于周三就暂停美国债务上限进行投票，这是避免不稳定违约的关键一步。