up the pole
基本解释
- adv. 进退两难
英汉例句
- A red flag slowly goes up the pole.
一面红旗徐徐升起。
《新英汉大辞典》 - He's up the pole if he thinks I'm going to do that work without being paid.
如果他以为我不要报酬就会做那件事情，那他就是神经有毛病。 - You look down and see aging, illness, and death coming up the pole, in pursuit.
你朝下看，看见老、病、死朝著旗杆追上来。 - The bear he says brings that message home. "It gives people an opportunity to connect with literally the processes that are going on up on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean around the North Pole which is melting,"
- Despite these varied routes to the top, the greater triumph for America remains that most groups have found their way up the greasy pole.
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