| 单词 | tug-of-war |
| 释义 | tug-of-war also tug of war Word forms: plural tugs-of-war 1. variable noun A tug-of-war is a sports event in which two teams test their strength by pulling against each other on opposite ends of a rope. The sailors won at tug-of-war. ...the European Tug of War Championships. 2. variable noun You can use tug-of-war to refer to a situation in which two people or groups both want the same thing and are fairly equally matched in their struggle to get it. The team's No 8 was at the centre of a tug-of-war for his services between Englandand Wales. ...the tug of war between government departments. tug-of-war in British Englishnoun 1. a contest in which two people or teams pull opposite ends of a rope in an attempt to drag the opposition over a central line 2. any hard struggle, esp between two equally matched factions tug of war in American English (ˌtʌgəv ˈwɔr; ˌtʌgəˈwɔr) noun Also ˌtug-ˈof-war noun1. a contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope, each trying to drag the other across a central line 2. any power struggle between two parties Examples of 'tug-of-war' in a sentence |
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