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单词 tightrope
释义
tightrope
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtaɪt.rəʊp/us
/ˈtaɪt.roʊp/
atightlystretchedwireorropefixedhigh above theground,acrosswhichskilledpeoplewalk,especiallyinordertoentertainothers:
（尤指用于娱乐表演的）绷紧的钢丝（或绳索）
One of theacrobatswhowalkedthe tightrope at thecircusdid itblindfolded.马戏团里走钢丝的杂技演员中有一位是蒙着眼睛走的。
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Idiom

walk/tread a tightrope
(Definition oftightropefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tightrope| American Dictionary

tightrope
noun[C]
us
/ˈtɑɪtˌroʊp/
astretchedwireorropefixedabove thegroundthatskilledpeoplewalkacross,esp. in acircusperformance
(Definition oftightropefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

tightrope| Business English

tightrope
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtaɪtrəʊp/us
walk/tread a tightrope
toconsidercarefullythedecisionsorrisksthat you take inordertodealsuccessfullywith adifficultsituation:
Increasingnumbersofemployersare having towalka tightrope betweenimmigrationlawsandlawsrelatingtodiscrimination.
(Definition oftightropefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftightrope

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No amount of talk about only permitting thetightrope-walker to fall will persuade otherwise.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His favorite metaphor is that of a circus acrobat walking atightrope, tipping this way and that, achieving temporary equilibrium.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Architecture is both atightropewalk and a balancing act.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The consolidation of the role of technology assessment in health systems will depend on our ability to continue walking thistightropeas professional funambulists.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Clearly thetightropeof balancing such conflicting interests and norms can demand agile solutions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, because the new conservative doctrine had worked vociferously to conflate crime and civil disobedience, with its obvious extensions to civil rights, liberals were forced to walk atightrope.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The way politics works, it always involves atightropewalk with hope on one side and despair on the other.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
You must not walk on atightropebecause, as we all know,tightrope-walkers are doomed to fall one day.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
To be both is a tremendous balancing act and you have skilfully negotiated thetightrope.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We have tried to walk thetightropebetween synergy and subsidiarity without ever losing sight of our obligation to exercise budgetary discipline.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In addition, we need, above all, to communicate well in order to walk thetightropebetween keeping the patients, consumers and producers informed and doing right by all of them.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Lions are made to walk on tightropes; lions and tigers are made to jump through hoops of flame.
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Another man, resembling the artist, tries to keep his feet on two roads that intertwine and tangle like tightropes.
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Elephant shows display the dexterity of elephants as they walk tightropes, ride skateboards and dance.
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He taught them to fire miniature cannons and walk tightropes.
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