musical chairs

美 [ˌmjuːzɪkl ˈtʃerz]英 [ˌmjuːzɪkl ˈtʃeəz]
  • n.抢座位游戏(参加者随音乐绕一圈椅子走,音乐一停就抢椅子坐,但参加者总是比椅子多);人员的经常更迭流动
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noun

1

抢座位游戏(参加者随音乐绕一圈椅子走,音乐一停就抢椅子坐,但参加者总是比椅子多)
a children's game in which players run round a row of chairs while music is playing. Each time the music stops, players try to sit down on one of the chairs, but there are always more players than chairs.

2

人员的经常更迭流动
a situation in which people frequently exchange jobs or positions

musical chairs

频次

  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 随乐声抢椅子的游戏(游戏者随乐声围着椅子绕圈走,乐声停止时未抢到椅子者被淘汰)
    Musical chairs is a game that children play at parties. They run round a row of chairs while music plays and try to sit down on one when the music stops.

  • 2
    N-UNCOUNT (像抢椅子游戏似的)人员频繁的更动,频繁调换职位
    If you describe the situation within a particular organization or area of activity as musical chairs, you are critical of the fact that people in that organization or area exchange jobs or positions very often.

    It was musical chairs. Creative people would switch jobs just to get more money.

    像抢椅子游戏,有能力的人为挣更多的钱而不断跳槽。

noun

1
a rearrangement that has no practical effect or significance
the company is looking for stability after years of musical chairs with directors
shareholders don't want the company playing musical chairs with their investment
2
a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players;when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated;then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated
Synonym: going to Jerusalem

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  1. It was musical chairs . Creative people would switch jobs just to get more money .

    像抢椅子游戏,有能力的人为挣更多的钱而不断跳槽。

  2. Office workers are being treated to a new game : musical chairs .

    如今,办公室职员正被安排玩一个新游戏:抢椅子游戏。

  3. Like every bubble , this is a game of musical chairs .

    就像每次泡沫一样,现在是僧多粥少。

  4. It really is like musical chairs .

    这实际上就像抢椅游戏。

  5. And then it starts to sound like this : Dating in my 20s was like musical chairs .

    或是这样:我20多岁时的约会就像找凳子。

  6. Think of this as a game of musical chairs , except the chair is your entire livelihood .

    这就相当于一个抢椅游戏,只不过这个椅子是你全部的生计。

  7. And then it starts to sound like this : " Dating in my 20s was like musical chairs .

    之后他们开始讲:“二十几岁时的约会就像玩抢座位游戏。

  8. Have a game day where you play favorite childhood games like pin the tail on the donkey or musical chairs .

    花一天的时间玩小时候最爱的游戏,比如贴驴子尾巴或抢椅游戏。

  9. The terrorist group apparently begged people in the area to join in the ' fun'and take part in games including tug-of-war and musical chairs .

    这个恐怖主义团体显然请求该地区的人们加入这个“有趣的”运动会,项目包括拔河和抢椅子。

  10. Such musical chairs occur periodically in leading sectors including telecommunications , banking , aerospace and petrochemicals , still heavily regulated by Beijing .

    在仍受中央政府严密监管的一些重要行业,比如电信、银行、航空航天、石化,会周期性地出现此类人员更迭。

  11. " Every bubble is a game of musical chairs ," says Steve Blank , a former serial entrepreneur who teaches at Stanford .

    “每一个泡泡都是一场音乐会座椅上的游戏”任教于斯坦福的前系列性的实业家Steve说。

  12. I swear to God , they blow up another well , I take another pair of boots off . It 's like fucking musical chairs .

    我对天发誓,他们又炸了一口井我又弄丢了一双鞋那就像抢椅子游戏

  13. This political and bureaucratic game of musical chairs has the entire world on a knife edge , continued uncertainty and lack of confident decision making worsening sentiment .

    整个世界饱受这种政治官僚游戏之苦,处于风险边缘,加之持续的不确定性和信心的缺乏,投资者情绪恶化加剧。

  14. It is not uncommon during game time , for instance after Musical Chairs where the chairs get mixed up , for the kids to cry when someone else sits in their chair .

    在游戏时间,如在抢椅游戏中,椅子会混到一起,之后就会有孩子因为自己的椅子被别人抢坐而哭鼻子,这种事可是经常发生呢。