柯林斯詞典

tug-of-war (also tug of war) (tugs-of-war)

• 1. N-VAR 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. 拔河

• 2. N-VAR 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. 勢(shì)均力敵的爭(zhēng)奪

  ...a tug of war over intellectual property rights. ...一場(chǎng)對(duì)知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)勢(shì)均力敵的爭(zhēng)奪。

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