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political football

/foot-bawl/US // ˈfʊtˌbɔl //UK // (ˈfʊtˌbɔːl) //

政治足球,政治橄榄球,政治游戏,政治足球运动

Related Words

soccer足球,足球运动,足球赛,橄榄球rugby橄榄球,橄榄球运动,榄球,橄欖球peanut花生,花生米,花生酱,花生米饭sphere球体,球形,球状,球面oval椭圆形,椭圆,卵形,椭圆形的pigskin猪皮,小猪皮,皮毛,橄榄球moleskin鼹鼠皮,鼹鼠皮肤,鞋垫,痣皮porker猪头人,猪仔,猪猡,猪头肉watermelon西瓜,西贡,西蒙pineapple菠萝,凤梨,桃子,菠菜

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts.Compare conversion, field goal, safety, touchdown.
    • : the ball used in this game, an inflated oval with a bladder contained in a casing usually made of leather.
    • : Chiefly British. Rugby.
    • : Chiefly British. soccer.
    • : something sold at a reduced or special price.
    • : any person or thing treated roughly or tossed about: They're making a political football of this issue.
    • : U.S. Government Slang. a briefcase containing the codes and options the president would use to launch a nuclear attack, carried by a military aide and kept available to the president at all times.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Informal. to offer for sale at a reduced or special price.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incause celebre
Synonyms
hot potato烫手山芋,烫手的山芋,热土豆,烫伤talk of the town镇上的话题,城里的话题,镇上的谈话,城里人的话题uproar骚动,喧嚣,喧哗声,喧闹声affair事务,事情,事端,事宜controversial case争论的案件,争议性案件,争议性案例,争议案件controversial issue争论的问题,争议性问题,争议的问题,争议问题controversy争论,争议,争议性,争端debate辩论,争论,讨论,辩论会fuss大惊小怪,大惊小怪的grist for the gossip mill流言蜚语,流言蜚语的素材,闲言碎语,闲话家常matter of the moment当务之急,当务之急是,事不宜迟,当务之急是什么rumor谣言,谣传,传闻,流言scandal丑闻,丑事,丑行,诽谤topic of the day今日话题,当日话题,当天的话题,当天话题war of words唇枪舌战,唇枪舌剑,口水战,口水仗
as incause célèbre
Synonyms
bone of contention争论的焦点,争议的焦点,争论的焦点是,争论焦点celebrated case著名的案例,著名案例,知名案例,著名的案件controversy争论,争议,争议性,争端debate辩论,争论,讨论,辩论会grist for the gossip mill流言蜚语,流言蜚语的素材,闲言碎语,闲话家常hot potato烫手山芋,烫手的山芋,热土豆,烫伤moot point毫无意义,毫无意义的事,毫无意义的,无意义scandal丑闻,丑事,丑行,诽谤war of words唇枪舌战,唇枪舌剑,口水战,口水仗

Examples

  • As the basketball season for other Division I colleges staggers toward its conclusion and lower-division schools begin spring football campaigns, some college coaches and players fear the Ivy League will skip spring sports entirely.

  • It’s a level of success that just doesn’t seem replicable, however much he owes to the fact that GM Jason Licht and head coach Bruce Arians built one of the most complete teams in football.

  • He was far more concerned with football, his no-distraction reputation going back to his first head coaching stint in Cleveland.

  • So if we can get our heads around that like we’ve done in football, football will fix itself.

  • They took away the sidelines, and they did a good job of rallying to the football and making tackles.

  • The clichés about football-obsessed husbands and frustrated wives are pretty heavy-handed.

  • The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.

  • His accuser was smeared and demeaned, and a star football player was allowed to keep on playing.

  • Army B-squad players who fail to make it onto the varsity team after a year or two usually quit football.

  • I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The Bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.

  • In his football days the "fighting face" of the Indian star had often appeared on sporting pages.

  • Under the heat of the exercise during the football game the victim's body generated the gas which he inhaled.

  • For weeks before it the children practiced racing, and trained themselves in jumping, football, quoiting and such sports.

  • Football would, be better, if it had been the right time of the year, and we had grass to play on; now it might create suspicion.

  • Football shall be played with a light india-rubber globe, and "pushing" shall be strictly forbidden.

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