A tug of war的意思|示意

I didn't have a prayer of winning a tug-of-war with Emmett.

我根本没指望能在与埃米特的拔河比赛中获胜。

During translation, source and target language play a game of tug of war, creating an unceasing tension that may enrich our work-or not, depending on how well we can handle it.

在从事翻译的过程中，源语言和目标语言常常像是在玩儿“拔河”游戏，生成一种持续的“拉力”，也许会充实我们的工作——也许相反，这取决于我们如何能很好地把握它。

You may feel as if you are caught in the middle of a tug-of-war with your anticipation pulling you into the future and your fear of change pulling you back into the past.

对未来的期盼与对变化的恐惧像拔河一样向两边拉扯着你令你煎熬其中。

There's a tug of war between resources and the amount of work that needs to be done.

资源和需要完成的工作量之间存在着激烈的竞争。

Make it about the audience: a good way to depersonalize the web 2.0 debate is to make it about your target audience's preferences rather than a philosophical tug of war between you and said boss.

关注受众：将web2.0辩论不受个人影响的好方法是将它与你的目标群体偏好联系，而不是在你和老板之间的观念争执。

There is always a tug of war inside each of us between nature and nurture.

在我们每个人的内心，天性和后天教育之间永远在相互较量。