| 单词 | tug-of-war |
| 释义 | tug-of-war (once / 23221 pages) n WORD FAMILY tug-of-war USAGE EXAMPLESAnd a tug-of-war between Brussels and Moscow in recent days shows the size of the stakes involved. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) But this polarizing tug-of-war is nothing new to the American experiment. Time(Dec 23, 2016) Fisher says there’s a tug-of-war between designers and pragmatic engineers at every automaker. Seattle Times(Nov 28, 2016) 1n any hard struggle between equally matched groups Hyper battle, conflict, struggle an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) 2n a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses Hyper athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics a contest between athletes |
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