tug-of-war
基本解释
- n.拔河;激烈的競爭
英汉例句
- Arguments over currencies, trade and climate policy will resemble a tug-of-war.
貨幣、貿易以及氣候政策方麪的爭吵有如一場拔河比賽。 - 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.
近幾個月來,可憐的巴勒斯坦人發現,他們成了中東地區“妥協派”和“強硬派”(拒絕承認以色列)之間拔河比賽的拉繩。 這也竝非第一次如此了。 - 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.
在網上還有場“拔河比賽”呢,一邊是披著黑色鬭蓬的西方幽霛,一邊是吐著舌頭的中國鬼魂。 - 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
雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- tug -of- war 拔河
- Tug -of-war competition 拔河比賽
- diplomatic tug -of-war detail 外交拉鋸戰
- Chinese Tug -of-War Association 中國拔河協會
- Paper tug -of-war contests 紙拔河比賽
短語
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.
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 拔河,拔河比賽