goalposts

英 [ˈgəʊlˌpəʊsts]

美 [ˈgoʊlˌpoʊsts]

n.  球门柱
goalpost的复数

柯林斯词典

• （足球等运动的）球门柱
  Agoalpostis one of the two upright wooden posts that are connected by a crossbar and form the goal in games such as football and rugby.
• PHRASE （为一己私利）改变规则
  If you accuse someone ofmoving the goalposts, you mean that they have changed the rules in a situation or an activity, in order to gain an advantage for themselves and to make things difficult for other people.
  1. They seem to move the goal posts every time I meet the conditions which are required.
     好像每当我达到规定条件时，他们就改变规则。

双语例句

• We'd almost signed the contract when the other guys moved the goalposts and said they wanted more money.
  我们正欲签合同时，那一方的人更改了协议条件，并声言要更多的钱。
• They moved the goalposts wider apart.
  他们将球门柱移得距离大一些。
• Fresh divisions have opened up on the second day of the UN climate talks in Durban as China accused the European Union of shifting the goalposts to make unfair demands on developing countries over a new global climate pact.
  在南非德班举行的联合国气候谈判进入第二天时，一些新的分歧浮出水面。中国指责欧盟改变规则，在新的全球气候协定上对发展中国家提出不公平的要求。
• In a month's time I will be less impressed, but can we really move the goalposts then?
  一个月后，我就没那么兴奋了，但此时我们真的可以改变游戏规则吗？
• In 1877, the sport was tamed in Scotland by the addition of goalposts.
  1877年，这项运动在苏格兰被规范化，球门被加上了门柱。
• Between the opposite team's goalposts. Who's coming in next?
  在对方球队的门柱之间。该谁到叁柱门击球了？
• Example: He moved the goalposts after he had been elected to be chairman.
  在他被选举为主席后就改变了选举的规则。
• Goalposts were roughly chalked out on the playground wall.
  操场的墙上已经标出了球门柱的轮廓。
• To avoid this trap, insist that your adviser name the market benchmark he thinks the fund should be measured against-and then monitor whether he ends up moving the goalposts later.
  为了避开这种陷阱，请坚持让你的投资顾问指明他认为应该拿来衡量基金表现的市场基准，并于日后观察他最后是否改变了参照标准。
• Schalke 04 goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said he has to touch the goalposts before the game starts.
  沙尔克04足球俱乐部的守门员曼努埃尔诺伊尔说，他在比赛开始前必须摸摸球门柱。