tightrope
美 [ˈtaɪtˌroʊp]
英 [ˈtaɪtˌrəʊp] 
- n.(尤指马戏团表演用的)绷紧的绳索
- 网络黑色手铐;绷紧的绳索或钢丝;拉紧的绳索
词形变化
复数:tightropes
英汉双解
1. | (尤指马戏团表演用的)绷紧的绳索,绷紧的钢丝a rope or wire that is stretched tightly high above the ground and that performers walk along, especially in a circus |
习惯用语
tread/walk a tightrope
身处困境;如履薄冰to be in a difficult situation in which you do not have much freedom of action and need to be extremely careful about what you do
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例句
An Armenian tightrope walker steadies himself with his balance pole as he prepared to perform a trick.
一位亚美尼亚走钢丝演员在表演前用他的平衡杆支撑着身体。
Authorities have to walk a tightrope trying to stop the boom getting further out of hand while trying to keep it from collapsing.
当局都不得不走钢丝,努力在防止崩溃的同时不让繁荣失去控制。
"If you become a tightrope walker and walk across the air, " Said the bunny, " I will become a little boy And run into a house"
“如果你变成走钢丝的人在空中行走,”小兔子说,“我就变成小男孩跑回家去。”
'If you go flying on a flying trapeze, ' said his mother, 'I will be a tightrope walker, and I will walk across the air to you. '
“如果你去做空中飞人,”他的妈妈说,“我就做一个走钢丝的人,我会穿过空气,走到你身边。”
The Bush administration has been walking a diplomatic tightrope throughout the Turkish cross-border offensive, which began a week ago.
土耳其在一周前开始了跨越边境的攻势,布什政府在这段时间里一直在谨慎地开展外交工作。
From tightrope walkers to parachutes, the Falls sees many adventurous individuals willing to risk it all for a few moments of glory.
从走钢索到玩跳伞,许多喜欢刺激的人来到尼加拉瓜瀑布冒大险,只为求一刹那的荣耀。
Sometimes they put us on a pedestal that feels more like a tightrope -- so narrow that we're bound to fall off eventually.
他们有时把我们奉若神明,让我们感到是在走钢丝,这么窄的立足点最终必定会摔下来。
The children were breathless as they watched the tightrope act.
孩子们在看走绳索表演时呼吸都屏住了。
There was gasp of horror from the spectator as he fell off the tightrope.
他从拉紧的绳索上摔了下来,观众吓得直喘气。
It is a question of being a tightrope walker or not.
这是一个是否算得上钢索演员的问题。
However, this can be like a tightrope walker working without a net.
然而,这可能像是一位拉紧绳索的行人在没有网的情况下工作。
It will be interesting to see how IBM walks this tightrope, and how its current partners respond.
让我们拭目以待,看IBM将如何走这根的钢索,其当前的合作伙伴将如何反馈。
The young acrobat first began to make her mark by walking the tightrope.
这位年青的杂技演员第一次崭露头角是走钢丝。
Like a tightrope walker on a high-wire, a Bateleur sways and rocks as it glides low above the tree tops.
像走钢丝的演员一样,短尾雕一顿一挫地从树顶上滑下来。
"The authorities are walking a tightrope between bubbles and a hard landing, " says Viktor Shvets, an economist at Samsung Securities.
三星证券(SamsungSecurities)经济学家维克托•什韦茨(ViktorShvets)表示:“政府正在泡沫和硬着陆之间走钢丝。”
The only exception is a tightrope walker who has fallen and who dies shortly thereafter.
唯一的例外是谁走钢丝沃克下降,谁此后不久去世。
Trade will be the main focus of the China visit but Mr Cameron will also have to walk a tightrope on human rights.
贸易将是卡梅伦访华的中心议题,但他还不得不在人权问题上走钢丝。
Tightrope walking at the age of 3-not something most parents would encourage, especially 9 metres above a tiger enclosure.
3岁就去走钢丝-相信大多数父母都不会鼓励自己的孩子那样去做,特别是在一群老虎的头上9米走钢丝。
Both governments will have to walk a tightrope between domestic politics and credibility in the markets.
希腊和意大利新政府都需要在国内政治与市场信誉之间走钢丝。
And if not? Then the next slip on the tightrope could be much nastier.
如果不是,那么在钢索上的下一次摔跤将会糟糕多了。
The excitement as the show progressed. There were super men walking the tightrope, human pyramids, and variety show.
节目越来越精彩了,有超人走钢索,叠罗汉,杂耍表演。
The audience held their breath as the acrobat walked along the tightrope .
杂技演员走钢丝时,观众们都屏住了呼吸。
With "Satisfy and Delight" stitched on our leotards, we're determined to get up on the tightrope and start juggling principles.
穿好绣着“满足和欣喜”的演出服,我们坚定地踏上了空中的钢丝,把十条方针次第抛起,尽力保持着平衡。
But this example illustrates the difficult tightrope that news organizations walk when reporting breaking news.
然而此例显示了新闻媒体在报道突发新闻时面临的困难处境。
Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net.
身处国外就像走钢丝,高高在上而下面没有安全网接着。
Life is like tightrope walking. If one does not earnestly look forwards but keeps looking back, he is sure to fall off.
人生就像走钢索般,如果不认真往前看,却一直往后看,一定会跌下去。
Walk the Line: A young girl performs tightrope-walking road shows, known as Mothari-ka-khel, for money on July 19, 2009 in Chennai, India.
绳索上行走:09年七月19号,在印度钦奈,为了谋生一个小女孩在表演一种称为“Mothari-ka-khel”的高空绳索行走秀。
They watch with horror as the tightrope walker struggled to remain his balance.
他们心惊肉跳得看着走钢丝绳的演员摇摇晃晃地在恢复平衡。
The crowd gaped at the daring tricks performed by the tightrope walker.
观众们张口注视着走绳索人大胆的表演。
When it comes to exchange-rate policy, Beijing is walking a tightrope. And the trick is getting harder to pull off.
北京在汇率政策上正在走钢丝,并且走得越来越艰难。
Beijing has always walked a tightrope in calculating its interests in the six-party talks.
在算计自己在六方会谈中的利益时,中国一直在走钢丝。
And when asked if she likes tightrope walking, she says , "yes, because I started from a very young age. "
当被问到是否喜欢走钢丝时,她说,“喜欢。因为我从小就练这个。”
Like many other high-income countries, the US is indeed walking a fiscal tightrope.
与其它许多高收入国家一样,美国的财政政策的确是在走钢丝。
Then, we saw a lion jumped wreath, black bears tightrope, old ball etc splendid performances.
紧接着,我们还看了狮子跳花环、黑熊走钢丝、老滚球等精彩的节目。
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
生动地再现了1974年菲利普·佩蒂行走在世贸中心(双塔)之间的钢索上的情景。
Curling hall in Winter, tightrope Adventure Garden in Summer.
冰壶运动在冬季大厅,钢索探险花园。
eg. You are walking a tightrope by putting all of your money in the casino.
你可真够冒险的,把所有的钱都投进赌场。
The policymaker is. then like a man on a tightrope; he can avoid a precipitous drop only by moving forward.
决策人就像一个走钢索的人一样,只有向前走,才能避免从上面栽下来。
When walking on a tightrope, you should concentrate on the way your body moves in the air.
走钢丝时,你要集中精力与身体在空中的移动方式。
She dared to walk the tightrope without a net.
她敢于不用网子走钢丝。