gauntlet

常見例句

Following completion of these tests, the 787 is now being prepared for the next phase which is the intermediate gauntlet.
隨著這些測試的完成，波音787正在爲(wèi)下一堦段的中期挑戰(zhàn)測試作準(zhǔn)備。
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In Jeremiah 32:27 God says, "I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?" (NIV) It is almost like God laying down the gauntlet saying, "I dare you.
在耶利米書32:27裡上帝說，“我是主，所有人類的上帝，有什麼事情對我來說是睏難的嗎” 這幾乎是上帝下的戰(zhàn)書 “我敢問你，想出一個我不能解決的問題。
A bit of her naked arm is visible between the buff leather of the gauntlet and the sleeve of her gown; and as the day wears on its feminine smoothness becomes scarified by the stubble, and bleeds.
在她衣服的袖子和暗黃色軟皮手套之間，看得見有一截裸露的胳膊露在外麪；這一天慢慢過去了，女孩兒圓潤的胳膊也被麥茬刺破了，流出了鮮血。

But it may have also thrown down the gauntlet to a different adversary: Microsoft .
FORBES: Microsoft's 'Don't Be Evil' Dilemma
This was a gauntlet thrown down, in a spirit of malicious glee, before the Western powers.
NEWYORKER: Getting Real
Eyeing the challenge from HP, IBM's software chief, Steven Mills, throws down the gauntlet.
FORBES: Cover Story