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Luxury car firm Jaguar has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors by giving the best guarantee on the market.豪华轿车生产商捷豹公司推出了市场上最诱人的保修服务，向竞争对手发出了挑战。She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference.在大会主题发言中，她言辞犀利地回应挑战。The knight threw down his gauntlet as a gage of battle.骑士扔下铁手套挑战。Are you ready to pick up the gauntlet?你做好应战准备了吗？ The trade unions have thrown down the gauntlet.工会已经提出挑战。The trucks tried to drive to the British base, running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen.卡车队试图冲过几帮劫匪的火力网开赴英军基地。Whoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle.谁要是接受挑战，向首相叫板，都将经历一场鏖战。The foreign secretary ran the gauntlet of demonstrators.外交大臣受到了游行示威者的围攻。A price war looks likely now that a leading supermarket has thrown down the gauntlet to its competitors.一场价格战似乎一触即发，因为一个龙头超级市场已经向对手们发出了挑战。He ran the gauntlet of newspaper attacks.他遭到报纸的抨击。The time has come for Congress to pick up the gauntlet and do something about this problem.现在是国会接受挑战并着手处理这个问题的时候了。Soldiers in the past were sometimes punished by being forced to run the gauntlet. 旧时士兵有时会受到夹道棒击的刑罚。He had to run the gauntlet of reporters waiting outside the court.他不得不应对在法庭外等候的记者的围攻。The company threw down the gauntlet and told the union that this offer for a contract was final.公司发起了挑战，对行会宣称这个合同报价为最终报价。 |