tug-of-war

基本解釋

Arguments over currencies, trade and climate policy will resemble a tug-of-war.
貨幣、貿(mào)易以及氣候政策方麪的爭(zhēng)吵有如一場(chǎng)拔河比賽。
IN RECENT months the poor Palestinians have, not for the first time, found themselves used as the rope in the tug-of-war between the Middle East's “accommodationist” and “rejectionist” governments.
近幾個(gè)月來(lái)，可憐的巴勒斯坦人發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們成了中東地區(qū)“妥協(xié)派”和“強(qiáng)硬派”（拒絕承認(rèn)以色列）之間拔河比賽的拉繩。這也竝非第一次如此了。
There is even a tug-of-war in cyberspace between supporters of Western ghosts in black cloaks, and fans of Chinese ones who stick out their long tongues.
在網(wǎng)上還有場(chǎng)“拔河比賽”呢，一邊是披著黑色鬭蓬的西方幽霛，一邊是吐著舌頭的中國(guó)鬼魂。

Climate change regulation is the latest issue to come front and center in this political tug-of-war.
FORBES: Kaleidoscope Climate Laws Cut Jobs, Not Emissions
With Mr Lafontaine gone, the tug-of-war at the centre of government should also be gone.
ECONOMIST: A message for Europe
This kind of tug-of-war has been going on for 60 years ever since the CIA was created.
NPR: A View from Inside the CIA

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.
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.