英语词汇“to move the goalposts”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to move (also shift) the goalposts and variants: to alter the terms of a procedure, agreement, etc., before its completion or conclusion, esp. unfairly or covertly; to change the rules or requirements for something.

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1924 Scotsman 3 May 10/4 His personal view was that..the Liberals, having been beaten, not only wanted to change the rules of the game, but wanted to shift the goal posts because they could not play any more.

1958 M. Carpenter in R. M. Cooper Two Ends of Log 89 If we are going to stimulate students to make critical value judgements we have to be realistic about the goals of the student and then try to move the goal post.

1984 Financial Times 29 June 44/6 The impression that it has now moved the goal-posts is only enhanced by the quite arbitrary introduction of a 10 per cent ceiling on allocations.

1993 Speedway Star 13 Feb. 15/1 I can't believe with the new season so close and with most teams having already signed some riders, that they are now moving the goalposts again.

2005 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 3 Jan. 9 Our schools have an excellent historical track record for teaching and learning. So why are measures being considered to move the goalposts on the pretext of religion and culture?

单词	to move the goalposts
释义	> as lemmas to move (also shift) the goalposts to move (also shift) the goalposts and variants: to alter the terms of a procedure, agreement, etc., before its completion or conclusion, esp. unfairly or covertly; to change the rules or requirements for something. ΚΠ 1924 Scotsman 3 May 10/4 His personal view was that..the Liberals, having been beaten, not only wanted to change the rules of the game, but wanted to shift the goal posts because they could not play any more. 1958 M. Carpenter in R. M. Cooper Two Ends of Log 89 If we are going to stimulate students to make critical value judgements we have to be realistic about the goals of the student and then try to move the goal post. 1984 Financial Times 29 June 44/6 The impression that it has now moved the goal-posts is only enhanced by the quite arbitrary introduction of a 10 per cent ceiling on allocations. 1993 Speedway Star 13 Feb. 15/1 I can't believe with the new season so close and with most teams having already signed some riders, that they are now moving the goalposts again. 2005 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 3 Jan. 9 Our schools have an excellent historical track record for teaching and learning. So why are measures being considered to move the goalposts on the pretext of religion and culture? extracted from goalpostn. < as lemmas
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