tug of war

拔河； 激烈竞争

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.(近几个月来，可怜的巴勒斯坦人发现，他们成了中东地区“妥协派”和“强硬派”(拒绝承认以色列)之间拔河比赛的拉绳。这也并非第一次如此了。)

There was no "tug of war" between dye manufacturers and creosote users .(在染料制造商和防腐油的使用者之间没有发生对立的“争夺战”。)

As Europa orbits its planet, however, it flexes due to the gravitational tug-of-war between it, its sister moons, and Jupiter.(然而，当木卫二绕其行星运行时，由于姊妹卫星和木星之间的引力拉锯战，它会弯曲。)

"People have this self-control hubris, this belief they can handle more than they can," says Nordgren, who studies the tug-of-war between willpower and temptation.(“人们具有这种自我控制的傲慢心态，相信自己能够对付许多东西，而实际上是不可能对付的，”，专门研究意志力和诱惑之间拔河般较量的Nordgren说。)

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。)

You have to leave, is a deep love imprint, the emotional tug of war, lost time dilute your deep love for me only, not red light is my love for you.(流年已去，留下的却是深深的爱情印痕，这场情感的拉锯战里，逝去的光阴冲淡了你对我的深深眷恋，唯一冲不淡的是我对你的那份情。)

The tug-of-war between Scientologists and anti-Scientologists over Hubbard’s legacy has created two swollen archetypes: the most important person who ever lived and the world’s greatest con man.(笼罩于哈伯德的遗产之上的，是山达基拥护者和反山达基人士之间的拔河，这产生了两个被夸大的典型（原始意象）：他要不就是世上曾经出现过的最重要的人物，要不就是全世界最伟大的骗子。)

The 200-meter and 45-ton rope used in the tug-of-war competition has been given a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.(拔河所用绳子长约200米、重约45吨，被载入吉尼斯世界纪录。)

That's when the tug-of-war begins—and if you have the scars of his love on your arms, be very, very grateful.(当较量开始的时候——如果你的手臂上有他的爱的伤疤，你应该非常、非常感激。)

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。)