run the gauntlet

 
       
  • vi. 受到嚴厲批評(受夾道鞭打的懲罰)

run the gauntlet的用法和樣例:

例句

  1. He parents had told me never to speak to their daughter again, so I knew that I was running the gauntlet when I telephoned her to arrange a meeting.
    他父母不許我再和他們的女兒談話,因此,我知道打電話和她約會是在經受懲罰性的考驗。
  2. Before getting the proposals accepted, the government had to run the gauntlet of hostility from its own supporters.
    擁護政府的人對政府進行了尖銳的抨擊之後,這些建議才得以接受。

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