tug of war

音標發(fā)音

These dramatic pictures show a clash of the titans as an elephant and crocodile go toe to toe in an epic tug of war.
這兩張圖片戲劇化地紀錄了一場巨人爭霸戰(zhàn)，一頭大象和一條旗鼓相當的鱷魚進行了史詩般的拔河。
By manipulating the amount of money on offer in each situation, Cohen and his collaborators could watch this neural tug of war unfold.
通過改變在每個情況下提供的禮券金額，科恩和他的合作者可以看到大腦內的神經拉鋸戰(zhàn)。
During translation, source and target language play a game of tug of war, creating an unceasing tension that may enrich our work-or not, depending on how well we can handle it.
在從事翻譯的過程中，源語言和目標語言常常像是在玩兒“拔河”游戲，生成一種持續(xù)的“拉力”，也許會充實我們的工作——也許相反，這取決于我們如何能很好地把握它。

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a type of sport in which two teams show their strength by pulling against each other at the opposite ends of a rope, and each team tries to pull the other over a line on the ground