tug-of-war
基本解释
- n.拔河;激烈的竞争
英汉例句
- Arguments over currencies, trade and climate policy will resemble a tug-of-war.
货币、贸易以及气候政策方面的争吵有如一场拔河比赛。 - IN RECENT months the poor Palestinians have, not for the first time, found themselves used as the rope in the tug-of-war between the Middle East's “accommodationist” and “rejectionist” governments.
近几个月来,可怜的巴勒斯坦人发现,他们成了中东地区“妥协派”和“强硬派”(拒绝承认以色列)之间拔河比赛的拉绳。 这也并非第一次如此了。 - There is even a tug-of-war in cyberspace between supporters of Western ghosts in black cloaks, and fans of Chinese ones who stick out their long tongues.
在网上还有场“拔河比赛”呢,一边是披著黑色斗蓬的西方幽灵,一边是吐著舌头的中国鬼魂。 - Climate change regulation is the latest issue to come front and center in this political tug-of-war.
FORBES: Kaleidoscope Climate Laws Cut Jobs, Not Emissions - With Mr Lafontaine gone, the tug-of-war at the centre of government should also be gone.
ECONOMIST: A message for Europe - This kind of tug-of-war has been going on for 60 years ever since the CIA was created.
NPR: A View from Inside the CIA
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- tug -of- war 拔河
- Tug -of-war competition 拔河比赛
- diplomatic tug -of-war detail 外交拉锯战
- Chinese Tug -of-War Association 中国拔河协会
- Paper tug -of-war contests 纸拔河比赛
短语
英英字典
- A tug-of-war is a sports event in which two teams test their strength by pulling against each other on opposite ends of a rope.
- You can use tug-of-war to refer to a situation in which two people or groups both want the same thing and are fairly equally matched in their struggle to get it.
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专业释义
- 拔河,拔河比赛