tug-of-war的意思|tug-of-war的解释-里氏词典

tug-of-war

n. 拔河, 激烈的竞争

tug-of-war

[ noun ]

any hard struggle between equally matched groups

<noun.act>

a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses

<noun.event>

Gary Bauer, a special assistant to the president for domestic policy, acknowledged varying "philosophical thrusts" within the administration, but said there is "not a tug-of-war" over the welfare issue.
But the resultant tug-of-war between a parliament intent on proving itself indispensable to the proper governance of Kuwait and a ruling family reluctant to cede too much of its historical authority has led to a crisis of leadership.
Mr. Volcker skillfully negotiated his way through this partisan tug-of-war.
A refusenik family that became the focus of a superpower tug-of-war left the Soviet Union on Wednesday and celebrated the end of an 11-year struggle to emigrate with a night at the opera.
The seizure of the boats led to an unusual tug-of-war between the Soviet Union, North Korea and Japan over fishing in salmon-rich waters off the Soviet coast.
Lois Marshall, the Carmel Valley, Calif., recruiter who ran the survey, says the tug-of-war for talent in the West is so fierce that franchisers' compensation offers to new hires are running 30% above what they originally expected to pay.
Allegis Corp.'s plan to make a $2.84 billion tender offer for 63% of its shares appeared to straddle the line in a tug-of-war between shareholders and the company's management.
Jaguar PLC is in talks with General Motors Corp. about a possible cooperative operating agreement, setting the stage for a possible tug-of-war between GM and Ford Motor Co. over the British automaker.
Delivery of the report followed a tug-of-war between key lawmakers and the Defense Department, which initially had provided Congress only a watered-down summary of the findings.
A federal judge's order to protect a little-known species of woodpecker is at the heart of a tug-of-war between environmentalists and loggers over clear-cutting in the national forests of Texas.
The issue has become a political tug-of-war between the Bush administration and a number of civil rights groups which oppose Lucas, even though he is black, on grounds he lacks experience.
The quake left their baby at the center of an intense emotional and legal tug-of-war.
Creditors are increasingly uneasy about their tug-of-war with Dome as they near tomorrow's deadline set by Amoco and Dome for Dome's secured creditors to vote on Amoco's offer.
Rep. Panetta and Sen. Fowler represent the two ends of the tug-of-war within the Democratic camp.

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