run the gauntlet

英 美
  • vi.受到严厉批评(受夹道鞭打的惩罚)
  • gauntlet n.金属手套;长手套;夹道鞭笞的刑罚;挑战;夹攻
  • run vt.&vi.跑;移动;(使)流动n.奔跑;行程;放映期;一系列;趋向,态势vi.(工作等)进行;延续;逃跑;行驶vt.使奔跑;使…快速移动;运行,经营;划
  • the art.那;这;这些;那些adv.(用于比较级前)更加;用于最高级前;(用于形容词、副词比较级前)越...越...
    1. 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。
    2. 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。