gantlet

1. As we enter what is sure to be a long period of uncertainty a gantlet of lost jobs, dwindling assets, home foreclosures and two continuing wars the downside of stress is certainly worth exploring.
   当我们确定进入不确定的长时期（一连串的失业、资产损失、家庭赎回和长达两年的夫妻之战）时，这个事情值得好好研究下。
2. If eggs survive coons, skunks, and moles, hatchlings must still run a gantlet of crows, bullfrogs, and snakes.
   即使龟蛋幸免于浣熊、臭鼬和鼬鼠之口，孵化出小海龟还要逃脱乌鸦、牛蛙和蛇的伤害。
3. Associated Press photographer Noel and two men attempted to run the gantlet in a jeep and were captured.
   美联社的摄影记者诺尔和其它两个人试图乘吉普车从铁轨上逃离，不幸被俘虏。
4. Till the last girl had run their gantlet;
   一直到最后一个姑娘走出他们的包围圈为止。
5. Every desperately needed reform I can think of, from controlling greenhouse gases to restoring fiscal balance, will have to run the same gantlet of lobbying and lies.
   我能想到的每一个具有迫切需要的改革，从控制温室气体排放到恢复财政平衡，都会遇到游说和谎言的夹击。

noun

1. a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim

   Synonym:    gauntlet

2. the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place

3. a glove with long sleeve

   Synonym:    gauntlet

4. a glove of armored leather

   Synonym:    gauntletmetal glove

5. to offer or accept a challenge
   1. threw down the gauntlet
   2. took up the gauntlet

   Synonym:    gauntlet