tug-of-war

n.

拔河，激烈的竞争；

复数：tugs-of-war

1. A group of children were playing tag.
   一群孩子正在拔河。
2. The tug of war ended when both teams tumbled in a heap.
   拔河比赛以两边的人都倒在一堆而告终。
3. Because of the keen competition in the TV set industry.
   由于电视机生产行业激烈的竞争。

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Tug-of-war as a cooperative mechanism for bidirectional cargo transport by molecular motors.
Motor Coordination via a Tug-of-War Mechanism Drives Bidirectional Vesicle Transport
Tug-of-war between dissimilar teams of microtubule motors regulates transport and fission of endosomes.
TUG-OF-WAR AND THE INFINITY LAPLACIAN
Tug-of-War and the Infinity Laplacian
Tug-of-War in Nanoparticles: Competitive Growth of Au on Au−Fe3O4 Nanoparticles
Mountain gorilla tug-of-war: silverbacks have limited control over reproduction in multimale groups
Tug-of-war over reproduction in a social bee.
Switches and latches: a biochemical tug-of-war between the kinases and phosphatases that control mitosis.