musical chairs

musical chairs

美 　英

• n.【游】抢椅子游戏；形容人们在混乱的局势下频繁更换工作的情况
• 网络音乐椅；抢座位游戏；音乐椅子

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.	1. 【游】抢椅子游戏,参与者在音乐伴奏下围着椅子转,音乐停止时抢座位,因椅子数比人数少一,所以每次淘汰一人,然后减少一张椅子,游戏继续,直到最后剩一人则胜出 2. 形容人们在混乱的局势下频繁更换工作的情况

英英解释

n.

1. [Game]a children’s game in which players walk round a row of chairs and quickly sit down when the music stops, and there is one less chair than there are people, so the person who does not get a chair leaves the game, and this continues until there is only one person left 2. a situation in which people often exchange jobs or positions in a confusing way

例句

He had come out on top in the game of musical chairs by which senior posts seemed to be filled.

已经轮到他获得高级职位了，这种职位似乎是要轮候的。

"It is part of a huge game of musical chairs over the next two years as officials hit retirement age and others move into the empty slots" .

“某些官员达到退休年龄，其他人来填补空缺，这是未来两年里将会上演的一场庞大的‘音乐椅’游戏的一部分。”

There is one other group, however, that finds itself left out of this game of social musical chairs: Jia women.

还有另一个群体，即发现自己被这个社会“抢椅子活动”中的混略掉的甲级女人。

This game of political musical chairs somehow seems easier than thinking about a strategic response to the insecurities of east Asia.

相对于思考对东亚地区不安全局面的战略回应，这种政治上的抢座位游戏似乎更容易一些。

What unfolded may have been the most polite, most apologetic, and least competitive game of musical chairs in the history of the world.

展现在我们眼前的恐怕是世界历史上最礼貌、最谦卑、最没有竞争力的音乐椅游戏。

Little change in policy is expected, nor even in personnel, apart from a polite game of musical chairs at the very top.

政策僵化死板，除了在最高位置上的你来我往之外，甚至难有人事变动。

Shops have changed places in a version of musical chairs, leaving empty storefronts in their wake.

商店的位置走马灯似的换着，留下一些空店面等待利用。

"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。

Our company played musical chairs again, and I was the one left seatless.

我们公司又玩抢椅子游戏了，而我成了最左边那个没有椅子的人。

The planets will be playing musical chairs this month, with Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars changing signs.

这个月行星们将进行抢座位的游戏，伴随着天王星、木星、火星的改变迹象。

Musical chairs . . . leggy nurses play morbid tunes on violins while guests get stuck in to their food.

音乐椅…客人狼吞虎咽的时候，长腿护士用小提琴奏起病态的曲调为他们伴奏。

Some traditional birthday games include: pin the tail on the donkey, bobbing for apples, musical chairs and more.

传统的生日宴会游戏还包括：给驴子绑上尾巴，用牙齿咬晃动的苹果，音乐椅和其它游戏。

For Gregory's birthday, we invited his classmates over and taught them to play musical chairs. Disaster!

在为儿子过生日时，我们邀请了他的同学并教他们玩抢椅游戏。灾难！

The boss regularly played musical chairs with department heads to keep them fresh on the job.

老板经常互调各个部门领导的职位以保证他们的全新姿态。

We will play musical chairs with them if necessary but they will never get the seat of financial power again.

如果必要的话，我们会和他们玩抢座位的游戏，但是他们绝对再也得不到金融权力之椅。

That is the chapter that has a lot of nonsense about musical chairs, beauty contests, and the seasonality of ice prices.

在这一章中，充满了抢座位游戏、选美比赛、冰块价格随季节变动等乌七八糟的内容。

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。

Every day editorial rooms clatter with the sound of musical chairs and broken egos.

每天，编辑室都会充满椅子碰撞声，自尊被打碎的叹息声。

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。

A Game of Ethnic Musical Chairs? Immigrant Businesses and the Alleged Formation and Succession of Niches in the Amsterdam Economy

族裔音乐主持人的游戏？阿姆斯特丹移民企业和小环境的延续

Musical chairs & the tale of Z

更迭与字母Z的故事