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单词 cut-and-thrust
例句 cut-and-thrust
I have always enjoyed the cut-and-thrust of debating, and was a ready participant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ms Cameron notes that Ms Sturgeon moves comfortably between cut-and-thrust debate, statesmanlike speech and warmth. War of words 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z
His instinct for the cut-and-thrust urgency as though in pursuit of the climatic moments was paramount, yet the ecstatic beauty of Wagner's score eluded him, its glorious harmonies glossed over. Tristan und Isolde – review 2012-05-22T11:57:52Z
It’s strange that a company usually associated with strong attack nonetheless often seemed too soft when dealing with the keen cut-and-thrust and musical sharpness of this choreography. Dance Review: Bolshoi’s Balanchine, From Stage to Screen 2014-01-20T22:28:28Z
Given that the Catholic tradition has always made a show of scholarly erudition, and that Jesuitical training has its advantages in the cut-and-thrust of debate, Catholic apologists have won the conservative idea war by default. There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z
These cut-and-thrust tussles ensured entertainment was constant for a noisy but below-capacity crowd that was well behind India. Head ton gives Australia control over India 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z
Images of demolished homes circulated online with leaked videos showing Cai saying the operation should be a "cut-and-thrust and tough confrontation". Beijing party chief Cai, Xi loyalist, vaults to top rank 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z
In the cut-and-thrust of Tory politics, of course, it is neither. Prime Minister Race in Britain Remains Unsettled in Wake of Johnson’s Downfall 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z
In the cut-and-thrust of British politics, that makes him vulnerable. Popular British Politician Falls From Grace Over Tax Scandal 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z
Now, with British solidarity giving way to angry divisions over the government’s lockdown policies, the cordial tone of those briefings would most likely be replaced by the cut-and-thrust of everyday political coverage. Taking a Page From White House, Boris Johnson Bets on Live Press Briefings 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z
And some leading Democrats were less worried about recovering from the cut-and-thrust of the primary fights than figuring out how to address the deep fissures within their coalition that this race has exposed. A Major Fear for Democrats: Will the Party Come Together by November? 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z
A cut-and-thrust struggle every bit the equal of the great Fischer-Tal battles of the 1960s. Legendary Nona Gaprindashvili adds to bulging chess trophy case 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z
“Prem disliked the cut-and-thrust of parliamentary politics, disdained elected politicians as the source of Thailand’s corruption and he seldom appeared in parliament,” said Hewison, the Thai studies scholar. Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai prime minister long aligned with royal palace, dies at 98 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z
Except today it’s cut-and-thrust, cutting-edge, decidedly serious Premier League action – and there’s plenty of “narrative” to get our teeth into. Wolves v Burnley: Premier League – live! 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z
Violinist Joshua Bell, a frequent Bowl performer and a draw on his own, was in showman mode with the slurping portamentos and cut-and-thrust attacks, but in this populist program, the context was right. Review: Plácido Domingo brings the music of Spain to Hollywood 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z
Mr Macron took office in May last year, still a political novice - never previously elected and little versed in the cut-and-thrust of French politics. 'Gauls' resistant to change - Macron 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z
It is as baffling as it is intriguing, yet it goes way beyond what most diplomats might consider the usual cut-and-thrust of surveillance or provocation by a hostile host. US-Cuba thaw halted amid diplomat injuries 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z
Not that there is much cut-and-thrust as NLD parliamentarians sit quietly through long, dull sessions. Democracy has muzzled Myanmar’s parliament 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z
None of this is particularly polite, but it is common in the cut-and-thrust of public debate. A Libel Suit Threatens Catastrophe for the Climate of Public Debate 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z
He is also untested in the cut-and-thrust world of electoral politics. After Park, Who? A Guide to Those Who Would Lead South Korea 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z
In the capitalist cut-and-thrust of the South, many find themselves mocked for their funny accents or for not knowing about things that are commonplace in Southern life, such as credit cards and computers. Reaching a South Korean audience by finding laughs from North Korea 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z
Other countries openly admire, or sometimes shiver, at the cut-and-thrust of Westminster politics but there's little whiff of that here in Brussels. Brussels comes to life for Brexit showdown - BBC News 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z
Whatever it is, it isn’t their talent for the cut-and-thrust of live debate. Do the G.O.P. Debates Really Matter? 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z
The two engaged in a nice cut-and-thrust game that ended in an exciting draw. DAVID R. SANDS: A Romantic chess opening gets a modern revival 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z
Switch to sport mode for cut-and-thrust city skirmishes. Video Review: The Land Rover Discovery Sport Is Meant to Get Muddy 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z
The 61-year-old is also the prime minister’s best connection to the Delhi elite, chatting easily with politicians of all stripes and enjoying the cut-and-thrust of debate with newspaper editors. The enablers 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z
Pope Francis has said he would like it to share more fully in Church governance and has already changed some of its debating rules to enable more cut-and-thrust discussion and less formal speech-making. Church victory for Pope Francis on gay issues 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z
The prosecutor seems to regard the normal cut-and-thrust of politics as a crime. Criminalising politics 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z
A game can bring punch and counter-punch and cut-and-thrust; disaster can be followed by more of the same or the sort of redemption that occasionally comes from drinking in the last-chance saloon and emerging sober. Compton and Cook lead England to the brink of safety 2013-03-09T05:31:00Z
The level of the abuse was so shocking that even those accustomed to the cut-and-thrust of online debate were appalled. Mary Beard: I almost didn't feel such generic, violent misogyny was about me 2013-01-26T15:28:43Z
Staff in Barclays high-street banking business are on far lower salaries, and work in an atmosphere that could not be further from the cut-and-thrust of the trading floor. Barclays just the tip of the iceberg as banking braced for more scandals 2012-07-07T23:06:08Z
In an interview with The New York Times in September, he dwelt on the failed budget negotiations, and evinced little appetite for the cut-and-thrust of partisan combat that followed them. Daley Stepping Down in Rare White House Shake-Up 2012-01-10T03:27:19Z
Seldom did he show to more advantage than in dealing out cut-and-thrust to a rash intervener. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z
The anti-Nebraska Democrats of Illinois required early proof that their Senator was not afraid of the Little Giant, but was his match at cut-and-thrust debate as well as his superior in dignity and moral power. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z
Johnson's talk had the quality of conversation, because, being a clubbable man, he enjoyed the give-and-take and the cut-and-thrust of the encounter. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z
Considered from the historical point of view, the modern sabre, albeit now a very distant cousin of the small-sword, is as direct a descendant as the latter itself of the old cut-and-thrust rapier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z
The Prussian infantry had lost but little in the cut-and-thrust encounters, and at once resumed the attack against Li�bert's Division. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z
But many of the speakers delved below the romantic aura of the food truck to describe the gritty cut-and-thrust of the street vending life. Council Hears From Vendors and Residents on Proposed Food Truck Restrictions 2010-06-16T21:17:00Z
“Everybody has been part of the to-and-fro, the cut-and-thrust, of this thing,” says Mr. Summers. Trench Warfare on Financial Reform: Send in the Deputies 2010-04-17T20:00:00Z
The Schoolmaster trembled, retreated a step, and, for once, distrustful of his giant strength, felt under his blouse for his long cut-and-thrust knife. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6
Now there is your cut-and-thrust officer who is good for nothing but to be first in charges and to lead forlorn hopes—this colonel of yours is just the figure for him. The Firebrand
He had but little sense of humor, and was not at home in the small cut-and-thrust skirmishes of general society. Reminiscences, 1819-1899
There was a veiled cut-and-thrust between these two: imperceptible to the others—save one. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland
The word “Broad-sword” may be taken to include all kinds of cut-and-thrust swords. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence
He had been to town, kept company with some of the leading cut-and-thrust bullies of the day; but Nature had denied him the headstrong boldness, the desperate recklessness of disposition, requisite for this amiable occupation. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
There was yet other work for him—perhaps another life better than this cut-and-thrust existence, ever at the mercy of bullet and sword's point. The Firebrand
I had none myself—nothing save a light cut-and-thrust sword. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
I cannot expect the account in the Discussions to amuse an unconcerned reader as much as it amused myself: but for a cut-and-thrust, might-and-main, tooth-and-nail, hammer-and-tongs assault, I can particularly recommend it. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
It is easy to understand how his temperament found satisfaction and relaxation at the same time in the cut-and-thrust work of Dumas and Weyman. Lloyd George The Man and His Story
The long cut-and-thrust sword is not uncommon, and also the khanda or double-edged sword. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
And finally, there was a cut-and-thrust sword of alarming dimensions. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series
Well, Jack," said the prize-fighter, in a rough, but friendly voice, and with a cut-and-thrust abrupt manner peculiar to himself; "how are you, lad, eh? Jack Sheppard A Romance
Against the wainscot were suspended rusty blunderbusses, horse pistols, and a cut-and-thrust sword, with which he had fortified his room to defend his life and treasure. Tales of a Traveller
Cook and his colleagues were pioneers in the use of these new statutes in the real-life cut-and-thrust of the federal courtroom. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier
In the cut-and-thrust of parliamentary debate and manoeuvre, as well as in his knowledge of the intricacies of procedure, Reed was a past master. The United States Since the Civil War
Hand-to-hand, cut-and-thrust, bullets discharged from pistols and muskets, fierce charges with bayonets, continued for half an hour. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series
Everybody must pretend to be somebody else, and young girls, in particular, must go disguised as boys, amid much cut-and-thrust work, both ferric and verbal. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
Achilles half draws "his great sword," one of the long, ponderous cut-and-thrust bronze swords of which we have actual examples from Mycenae and elsewhere. Homer and His Age
The return of the Colonel ended our cut-and-thrust. The Yeoman Adventurer
Certainly there is nothing more telling in drama than a piece of "cut-and-thrust" dialogue after the fashion of the ancient "stichomythia." Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship
The weapons were a light spear, a pilum, or javelin, over six feet long, terminated by a steel point, and a short cut-and-thrust sword with a double edge. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements
The sword was carried on the right thigh, and was a short cut-and-thrust weapon, like that which was used by the Spaniards. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era)
In the same manner, he proved satisfactorily, that the word sword comprehended all descriptions, whether backsword or basket-hilt, cut-and-thrust or rapier, falchion, or scimitar. The Abbot
Of course all were armed; but, fortunately for us, none had anything more formidable than a cut-and-thrust dagger about ten inches long. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1
Her shrewd question, uttered almost unthinkingly in the cut-and-thrust of repartee, had got home somewhere on an old wound. The Hermit of Far End
He had his iron drawn, a heavy box-handled cut-and-thrust blade, and seemed ready to fall at once on the pair that had been jeering him for his strange speech. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody
Thus boisterously they bore themselves, but more gravely at the swordsmith’s, where we picked out a good cut-and-thrust blade, well balanced, that came readily to my hand.  A Monk of Fife
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