tug-of-war
GEPT 中高級
B2noun
a contest in which two teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, each trying to pull the other over a line
Our class won the tug-of-war at the school sports day after three exhausting rounds.
拔河比賽
C1noun
a determined struggle between two people or groups who both want the same thing
The two parties are locked in a political tug-of-war over the new energy policy.
拉鋸戰；權力角力