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单词 tug of war
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ˈtug of ˈwar, n. [countable]
  1. an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.
  2. any hard-fought struggle between any two opponents:a political tug of war between the two factions within the party.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tug′ of war′, 
    1. an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.
    2. a hard-fought, critical struggle for supremacy.
    • 1875–80 for def. 1 1670–80 for def. 2

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tug-of-war n
  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
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