run the gauntlet如何读

英：[rʌn ðə ˈɡɔ:ntlit]

美：[rʌn ði ˈɡɔntlɪt]

run the gauntlet是什么意思

v.

受夹道鞭打，受严厉批评

run the gauntlet英英释义

phrase

to expose oneself to harsh criticism or attacks by multiple people, especially by being forced to proceed through two lines of attackers.As a punishment, the soldier was made to run the gauntlet.

run the gauntlet 例句

1 Joe had to run the gauntlet as part of his initiation into the club.

乔须在两排人中间跑过并挨打作为正式加入俱乐部的条件之一.

2 He parents had told me never to speak to their daughter again, so I knew that I was running the gauntlet when I telephoned her to arrange a meeting.

他父母不许我再和他们的女儿谈话，因此，我知道打电话和她约会是在经受惩罚性的考验。

3 Before getting the proposals accepted, the government had to run the gauntlet of hostility from its own supporters.

拥护政府的人对政府进行了尖锐的抨击之後，这些建议才得以接受。

run the gauntlet 同义词

1 受到严厉的批评

under fire

2 冒着危险

at hazard in hazard

3 冒险

hazardous wildcat dicey chancy venturesome chance adventure gambling gamble take a chance take chances tempt fate

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