gauntletnoun
（中世纪武士铠甲的）金属手套，铁手套
a metal glove worn as part of a suit of armour by soldiers in the Middle Ages
（驾驶等用的）长手套，防护手套
a strong glove with a wide covering for the wrist, used for example when driving
motorcyclists with leather gauntlets
戴着皮护手套的摩托车手
to be criticized or attacked by a lot of people, especially a group of people that you have to walk through
一些目击者不得不在众多电视摄像机和记者的围堵下穿行。
Some of the witnesses had to run the gauntlet of television cameras and reporters.
to accept sb's invitation to fight or compete
to invite sb to fight or compete with you
gauntlet
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N-COUNT 长手套；防护手套
Gauntlets are long, thick, protective gloves....a pair of black leather driving gauntlets.
一副驾驶用黑色皮手套
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PHRASE 接受挑战；应战
If you pick up the gauntlet or take up the gauntlet, you accept the challenge that someone has made.She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference...
在大会主题发言中，她言辞犀利地回应挑战。
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PHRASE 受到严厉批评；受到猛烈攻击
If you run the gauntlet, you go through an unpleasant experience in which a lot of people criticize or attack you.The trucks tried to drive to the British base, running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen.
卡车队试图冲过几帮劫匪的火力网开赴英军基地。
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PHRASE 发出挑战；下战书
If you throw down the gauntlet to someone, you say or do something that challenges them to argue or compete with you.Luxury car firm Jaguar has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors by giving the best guarantee on the market.
豪华轿车生产商捷豹公司推出了市场上最诱人的保修服务，向竞争对手发出了挑战。
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- a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
- Synonym: gantlet
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- a glove with long sleeve
- Synonym: gantlet
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- a glove of armored leather;protects the hand
- Synonym: gantlet metal glove
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- to offer or accept a challenge
- threw down the gauntlet
- took up the gauntlet
- Synonym: gantlet
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Some of the witnesses had to run the gauntlet of television cameras and reporters .
一些目击者不得不在众多电视摄像机和记者的围堵下穿行。
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Whoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle .
谁要是接受挑战，向首相叫板，都将经历一场鏖战。
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She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference
在大会主题发言中，她言辞犀利地回应挑战。
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Luxury car firm Jaguar has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors by giving the best guarantee on the market .
豪华轿车生产商捷豹公司推出了市场上最诱人的保修服务，向竞争对手发出了挑战。
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The trucks tried to drive to the British base , running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen .
卡车队试图冲过几帮劫匪的火力网开赴英军基地。
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He was not one to retreat but rather one who would take up the gauntlet .
他不是一个想退却的人，倒是一个宁愿应战的人。
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You 're gonna get another chance to run the gauntlet .
你会得到另一个机会驶下哥特列特的。
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Becoming a doctor means running a rather crazy gauntlet .
成为一名医生意味着要进行一场相当疯狂的挑战。
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It 's either get a job or run the gauntlet of unemployment officials .
要么找一份工作，要么去受负责失业的官员的批评。
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It was his choice to take up the gauntlet .
捡起铁手套是他自己的选择。
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But the previous day the Senate threw down the gauntlet to China .
但是前一天，参议院对中国发起了挑战。
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No matter how hard the time is , he is always ready to pick up the gauntlet .
无论时事多么艰难，他总是愿意接受挑战。
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It 's not like you 'll be running the gauntlet meeting my nine brothers .
不会像你去见我的九个哥哥们那样充满挑战。
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The biggest one 's the gauntlet .
最大的是哥特列特。
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Deepening the Reform and Greeting the Gauntlet , We Work Hard to Achieve the Goal in 2000
深化改革迎接挑战为实现2000年目标而奋斗
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He threw down the gauntlet and I accepted his challenge .
我接到了他的挑战书，并答应与他决斗。
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Full-thickness upper eyelid reconstruction with gauntlet skin flap and oral mucous membrane grafting
带蒂皮瓣联合全层口腔粘膜移植进行上眼睑功能性再造
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I had to take up the gauntlet ; otherwise they would think truth sided with them .
我不能不辩，如果不辩论，他们就会认为真理在他们那一边。
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On Thursday , the latest gauntlet was thrown down over Iranian oil .
上周四，又传来一条对伊朗石油出口不利的消息。
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He is quick to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the opposition .
他立刻接受了对方提出的挑战。
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Once Bill threw down the gauntlet , I had to fight .
一旦比尔提出挑战，我就得迎战。
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The American colonies threw down the gauntlet to the motherland .
美洲殖民地向宗主国挑战。
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What 's an Academy Award without a gauntlet of hugs from seat to stage ?
没有从座位到舞台的一连串拥抱能叫奥斯卡颁奖礼（AcademyAward）吗？
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A tallow candle weighed down one end of it , a steel gauntlet the other .
一盏牛油灯烛镇着它的一端，另一端则被一只钢手套压着。
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And she brought you through the gauntlet by herself ?
那是她自己把你们带出哥特列特的了？
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The time 's gonna come when I throw down the gauntlet and say ," it 's me or her . "
好像是时候该我去找她挑战，问你“要我还是要她”
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While some recent graduates find success , many are worn down by a gauntlet of challenges and disappointments .
尽管最近有一些毕业生成功地找到了工作，但是很多人已经在各种挑战和失望的情绪的严酷考验下身心俱疲了。
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He ran the gauntlet of newspaper attacks .
他遭到报纸的抨击。
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Wendy now had to pick up the gauntlet thrown down by her mother .
温迪此时不得不接受她母亲向她发出的挑战。
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Mourinho asked , laying down a betting gauntlet to the reporters who raised the subject .
穆里尼奥问道，向提出这一话题的记者们发出了打赌的挑战。
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