... throw down the gauntlet 挑战(邀请比赛)... pick up the gauntlet应战(护卫) cast the gauntlet 挑战,邀请某人参加比...
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... pick up the dribble 停止运球 pick up the gauntlet 应战; 护卫 pick up the lab 付帐 ...
权威例句
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Writers and painters seem to pickupthegauntlet only when pushed to the wall or when under a spotlight (why did a petition by India's writers to the government to lift the ban on The Satanic Verses come 23 years after the book was banned?).
BBC: Worrying victory for India's extremes
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Cezanne's death created a vacuum and challenge: Who would or could pickupthe great man's gauntlet?