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。

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 two lads squared up to each other.

【square】这两个少年摆好了打架的架势。

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。