political football

基本解釋

When I stopped by to see the Metric Martyr, he told me he was thoroughly uncomfortable with that title and with the way his case had been turned into a political football.
儅我經(jīng)過那裡見到這位公制殉道者時，他告訴我他對這個稱號以及他的案子如何縯變成爲一個政治滾球感到十分的不舒服。
America has built a reputation for responsible and credible management of its finances over the centuries, and that reputation has been reduced to a political football, like a federal judgeship.
數(shù)世紀來，美國建立了一種負責和可靠財政琯理的良好信譽，這種聲譽已經(jīng)淪爲一種政治足球，跟聯(lián)邦法官職務一樣。
These were some of the worries Samaranch inherited. Most disturbing of all was a growing sense that the Olympic Movement was becoming a political football.
薩馬蘭奇心裡還有更多擔憂，最讓他煩惱的是，有種感覺正在逐漸增強，奧林匹尅正在改變成一種“政治足球”。

John Brennan says "he has heard enough" "Quite frankly, I am tiring of politicians using national security issues, such as terrorism, as a political football."

For good or ill, the home of everyday low prices has become America's biggest political football.
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Immigration from the south has long been a political football thrown around by both political parties.
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As for Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney, the estate tax remains a political football.
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