| 释义 |
rope-a-dope in British Englishnouna. a method of tiring out a boxing opponent by pretending to be trapped on the ropes while the opponent expends energy on punches that are blocked b. (as modifier) rope-a-dope strategy Word origin C20: coined by Muhammad AliExamples of 'rope-a-dope' in a sentencerope-a-dope And if you take the dope out of rope-a-dope, what are you left with?Behind all the rope-a-dope swagger, though, the two parties are not that far apart.It stands to reason that you can't really serve warning of a rope-a-dope approach, however obliquely. |