tightrope
美 [?ta?t?ro?p]
英 [?ta?t?r??p] 
- n.(尤指馬戲團(tuán)表演用的)繃緊的繩索
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)黑色手銬;繃緊的繩索或鋼絲;拉緊的繩索
詞形變化
復(fù)數(shù):tightropes
英漢雙解
1. | (尤指馬戲團(tuán)表演用的)繃緊的繩索,繃緊的鋼絲a rope or wire that is stretched tightly high above the ground and that performers walk along, especially in a circus |
習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)
tread/walk a tightrope
身處困境;如履薄冰to be in a difficult situation in which you do not have much freedom of action and need to be extremely careful about what you do
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
An Armenian tightrope walker steadies himself with his balance pole as he prepared to perform a trick.
一位亞美尼亞走鋼絲演員在表演前用他的平衡桿支撐著身體。
Authorities have to walk a tightrope trying to stop the boom getting further out of hand while trying to keep it from collapsing.
當(dāng)局都不得不走鋼絲,努力在防止崩潰的同時(shí)不讓繁榮失去控制。
"If you become a tightrope walker and walk across the air, " Said the bunny, " I will become a little boy And run into a house"
“如果你變成走鋼絲的人在空中行走,”小兔子說(shuō),“我就變成小男孩跑回家去?!?/jz>
'If you go flying on a flying trapeze, ' said his mother, 'I will be a tightrope walker, and I will walk across the air to you. '
“如果你去做空中飛人,”他的媽媽說(shuō),“我就做一個(gè)走鋼絲的人,我會(huì)穿過(guò)空氣,走到你身邊?!?/jz>
The Bush administration has been walking a diplomatic tightrope throughout the Turkish cross-border offensive, which began a week ago.
土耳其在一周前開(kāi)始了跨越邊境的攻勢(shì),布什政府在這段時(shí)間里一直在謹(jǐn)慎地開(kāi)展外交工作。
From tightrope walkers to parachutes, the Falls sees many adventurous individuals willing to risk it all for a few moments of glory.
從走鋼索到玩跳傘,許多喜歡刺激的人來(lái)到尼加拉瓜瀑布冒大險(xiǎn),只為求一剎那的榮耀。
Sometimes they put us on a pedestal that feels more like a tightrope -- so narrow that we're bound to fall off eventually.
他們有時(shí)把我們奉若神明,讓我們感到是在走鋼絲,這么窄的立足點(diǎn)最終必定會(huì)摔下來(lái)。
The children were breathless as they watched the tightrope act.
孩子們在看走繩索表演時(shí)呼吸都屏住了。
There was gasp of horror from the spectator as he fell off the tightrope.
他從拉緊的繩索上摔了下來(lái),觀眾嚇得直喘氣。
It is a question of being a tightrope walker or not.
這是一個(gè)是否算得上鋼索演員的問(wèn)題。
However, this can be like a tightrope walker working without a net.
然而,這可能像是一位拉緊繩索的行人在沒(méi)有網(wǎng)的情況下工作。
It will be interesting to see how IBM walks this tightrope, and how its current partners respond.
讓我們拭目以待,看IBM將如何走這根的鋼索,其當(dāng)前的合作伙伴將如何反饋。
The young acrobat first began to make her mark by walking the tightrope.
這位年青的雜技演員第一次嶄露頭角是走鋼絲。
Like a tightrope walker on a high-wire, a Bateleur sways and rocks as it glides low above the tree tops.
像走鋼絲的演員一樣,短尾雕一頓一挫地從樹(shù)頂上滑下來(lái)。
"The authorities are walking a tightrope between bubbles and a hard landing, " says Viktor Shvets, an economist at Samsung Securities.
三星證券(SamsungSecurities)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家維克托?什韋茨(ViktorShvets)表示:“政府正在泡沫和硬著陸之間走鋼絲?!?/jz>
The only exception is a tightrope walker who has fallen and who dies shortly thereafter.
唯一的例外是誰(shuí)走鋼絲沃克下降,誰(shuí)此后不久去世。
Trade will be the main focus of the China visit but Mr Cameron will also have to walk a tightrope on human rights.
貿(mào)易將是卡梅倫訪華的中心議題,但他還不得不在人權(quán)問(wèn)題上走鋼絲。
Tightrope walking at the age of 3-not something most parents would encourage, especially 9 metres above a tiger enclosure.
3歲就去走鋼絲-相信大多數(shù)父母都不會(huì)鼓勵(lì)自己的孩子那樣去做,特別是在一群老虎的頭上9米走鋼絲。
Both governments will have to walk a tightrope between domestic politics and credibility in the markets.
希臘和意大利新政府都需要在國(guó)內(nèi)政治與市場(chǎng)信譽(yù)之間走鋼絲。
And if not? Then the next slip on the tightrope could be much nastier.
如果不是,那么在鋼索上的下一次摔跤將會(huì)糟糕多了。
The excitement as the show progressed. There were super men walking the tightrope, human pyramids, and variety show.
節(jié)目越來(lái)越精彩了,有超人走鋼索,疊羅漢,雜耍表演。
The audience held their breath as the acrobat walked along the tightrope .
雜技演員走鋼絲時(shí),觀眾們都屏住了呼吸。
With "Satisfy and Delight" stitched on our leotards, we're determined to get up on the tightrope and start juggling principles.
穿好繡著“滿足和欣喜”的演出服,我們堅(jiān)定地踏上了空中的鋼絲,把十條方針次第拋起,盡力保持著平衡。
But this example illustrates the difficult tightrope that news organizations walk when reporting breaking news.
然而此例顯示了新聞媒體在報(bào)道突發(fā)新聞時(shí)面臨的困難處境。
Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net.
身處國(guó)外就像走鋼絲,高高在上而下面沒(méi)有安全網(wǎng)接著。
Life is like tightrope walking. If one does not earnestly look forwards but keeps looking back, he is sure to fall off.
人生就像走鋼索般,如果不認(rèn)真往前看,卻一直往后看,一定會(huì)跌下去。
Walk the Line: A young girl performs tightrope-walking road shows, known as Mothari-ka-khel, for money on July 19, 2009 in Chennai, India.
繩索上行走:09年七月19號(hào),在印度欽奈,為了謀生一個(gè)小女孩在表演一種稱為“Mothari-ka-khel”的高空繩索行走秀。
They watch with horror as the tightrope walker struggled to remain his balance.
他們心驚肉跳得看著走鋼絲繩的演員搖搖晃晃地在恢復(fù)平衡。
The crowd gaped at the daring tricks performed by the tightrope walker.
觀眾們張口注視著走繩索人大膽的表演。
When it comes to exchange-rate policy, Beijing is walking a tightrope. And the trick is getting harder to pull off.
北京在匯率政策上正在走鋼絲,并且走得越來(lái)越艱難。
Beijing has always walked a tightrope in calculating its interests in the six-party talks.
在算計(jì)自己在六方會(huì)談中的利益時(shí),中國(guó)一直在走鋼絲。
And when asked if she likes tightrope walking, she says , "yes, because I started from a very young age. "
當(dāng)被問(wèn)到是否喜歡走鋼絲時(shí),她說(shuō),“喜歡。因?yàn)?/c>我從小就練這個(gè)?!?/jz>
Like many other high-income countries, the US is indeed walking a fiscal tightrope.
與其它許多高收入國(guó)家一樣,美國(guó)的財(cái)政政策的確是在走鋼絲。
Then, we saw a lion jumped wreath, black bears tightrope, old ball etc splendid performances.
緊接著,我們還看了獅子跳花環(huán)、黑熊走鋼絲、老滾球等精彩的節(jié)目。
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
生動(dòng)地再現(xiàn)了1974年菲利普·佩蒂行走在世貿(mào)中心(雙塔)之間的鋼索上的情景。
Curling hall in Winter, tightrope Adventure Garden in Summer.
冰壺運(yùn)動(dòng)在冬季大廳,鋼索探險(xiǎn)花園。
eg. You are walking a tightrope by putting all of your money in the casino.
你可真夠冒險(xiǎn)的,把所有的錢(qián)都投進(jìn)賭場(chǎng)。
The policymaker is. then like a man on a tightrope; he can avoid a precipitous drop only by moving forward.
決策人就像一個(gè)走鋼索的人一樣,只有向前走,才能避免從上面栽下來(lái)。
When walking on a tightrope, you should concentrate on the way your body moves in the air.
走鋼絲時(shí),你要集中精力與身體在空中的移動(dòng)方式。
She dared to walk the tightrope without a net.
她敢于不用網(wǎng)子走鋼絲。