| 单词 | a political football |
| 释义 | a political footballaproblemthatpoliticiansfrom differentpartiesargueabout andtryto use inorderto get anadvantagefor themselves: 政治足球（各党派政治家争论并试图利用以获取好处的问题）We don'twanttheimmigrationissuetobecomeapoliticalfootball.我们不想让移民问题成为政治足球。 Politics - general words
Examplesofa political footballa political football The service is fed up with beingapoliticalfootball. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There would be one dickens ofapoliticalfootballif that sort of argument were started again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry that aid has been treated asapoliticalfootballand reduced to a trite and simplistic debate in recent years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It must not be regarded asapoliticalfootballto be kicked about for temporary party advantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The service tends to get kicked around likeapoliticalfootball. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should be careful not to turn this discussion into the kicking around ofapoliticalfootball. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The pharmaceutical industry has beenapoliticalfootballfor too long, and it is just about time that we stopped kicking it around. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For too long, defence has beenapoliticalfootball. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The service is far too big to be madeapoliticalfootball; we should listen to local people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not use those older people asapoliticalfootball—they are real people with real concerns that should be addressed in our debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They should not be allowed to becomeapoliticalfootball. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have described the mining industry asapoliticalfootball. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I repeat that we should not minimise the problem, but we only exacerbate it by makingapoliticalfootballof the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But the chair should not becomeapoliticalfootball, as it would if the chairman were to change as often as political power changed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not make themapoliticalfootball. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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