rope-a-dope

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A technique in which the boxer assumes a defensive stance against the ropes and absorbs an opponent's blows, hoping to exploit eventual tiredness or a mistake.
    — He sounded like a retired boxer who'd specialized in the rope-a-dope.
  2. Any strategy where an apparently losing position is assumed in the hope of eventual victory. figuratively
    — […] process that in recent years has degenerated, sadly, into one long scorched-earth campaign filled with partisan rancor and legislative rope-a-dope.
动词 v.
  1. To exhaust someone by stringing them along. figuratively
    — Willis rope-a-doped us all night.

词形变化

rope-a-dopes plural rope-a-dopes present,singular,third-person rope-a-doping participle,present rope-a-doped participle,past rope-a-doped past

词源

词源 1
See Rope-a-dope.
词源 2
See Rope-a-dope.
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