gauntlet

noun

1. （中世纪武士铠甲的）金属手套，铁手套
   a metal glove worn as part of a suit of armour by soldiers in the Middle Ages
2. （驾驶等用的）长手套，防护手套
   a strong glove with a wide covering for the wrist, used for example when driving
   1. motorcyclists with leather gauntlets
      戴着皮护手套的摩托车手

1. N-COUNT 长手套；防护手套
   Gauntlets are long, thick, protective gloves.
   1. ...a pair of black leather driving gauntlets.
      一副驾驶用黑色皮手套
2. PHRASE 接受挑战；应战
   If you pick up the gauntlet or take up the gauntlet, you accept the challenge that someone has made.
   1. She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference...
      在大会主题发言中，她言辞犀利地回应挑战。
   2. Whoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle.
      谁要是接受挑战，向首相叫板，都将经历一场鏖战。
3. PHRASE 受到严厉批评；受到猛烈攻击
   If you run the gauntlet, you go through an unpleasant experience in which a lot of people criticize or attack you.
   1. The trucks tried to drive to the British base, running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen.
      卡车队试图冲过几帮劫匪的火力网开赴英军基地。
4. PHRASE 发出挑战；下战书
   If you throw down the gauntlet to someone, you say or do something that challenges them to argue or compete with you.
   1. Luxury car firm Jaguar has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors by giving the best guarantee on the market.
      豪华轿车生产商捷豹公司推出了市场上最诱人的保修服务，向竞争对手发出了挑战。

1. She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive Keynote Address to the Conference
   在大会主题发言中，她言辞犀利地回应挑战。
2. Whoever decides to take up the gauntlet and challenge the Prime Minister will have a tough battle.
   谁要是接受挑战，向首相叫板，都将经历一场鏖战。
3. The trucks tried to drive to the British base, running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen.
   卡车队试图冲过几帮劫匪的火力网开赴英军基地。
4. He was not one to retreat but rather one who would take up the gauntlet.
   他不是一个想退却的人，倒是一个宁愿应战的人。
5. On Thursday, the latest gauntlet was thrown down over Iranian oil.
   上周四，又传来一条对伊朗石油出口不利的消息。
6. What's an Academy Award without a gauntlet of hugs from seat to stage?
   没有从座位到舞台的一连串拥抱能叫奥斯卡颁奖礼（AcademyAward）吗？
7. We have taken up the gauntlet and are redesigning the product using cheaper materials to undercut our competitors.
   我们已接受挑战，正使用廉价的材料重新设计产品，以降低价格与我们的竞争者抢生意。
8. Mourinho asked, laying down a betting gauntlet to the reporters who raised the subject.
   穆里尼奥问道，向提出这一话题的记者们发出了打赌的挑战。
9. Before getting the proposals accepted, the government had to run the gauntlet of hostility from its own supporters.
   拥护政府的人对政府进行了尖锐的抨击之后，这些建议才得以接受。
10. But the previous day the Senate threw down the gauntlet to China.
    但是前一天，参议院对中国发起了挑战。
11. I had to take up the gauntlet; otherwise they would think truth sided with them.
    我不能不辩，如果不辩论，他们就会认为真理在他们那一边。
12. You're gonna get another chance to run the gauntlet.
    你会得到另一个机会驶下哥特列特的。
13. He threw down the gauntlet and I accepted his challenge.
    我接到了他的挑战书，并答应与他决斗。
14. The champion will soon have to defend his title again& a young American contender has thrown down the gauntlet.
    这位冠军马上又得为保持锦标而战，因为有位美国年轻的竞争者已挑战了。
15. It's either get a job or run the gauntlet of unemployment officials.
    要么找一份工作，要么去受负责失业的官员的批评。
16. By calling the election at this time, the government has flung down the gauntlet to the opposing parties.
    政府在此时宣布选举是向反对党提出挑战。
17. A tallow candle weighed down one end of it, a steel gauntlet the other.
    一盏牛油灯烛镇着它的一端，另一端则被一只钢手套压着。
18. The assembly threw down the gauntlet to the tsar.
    与会者向沙皇发出了挑战。
19. Once Bill threw down the gauntlet, I had to fight.
    一旦比尔提出挑战，我就得迎战。
20. They have thrown down the gauntlet to the PM by demanding a referendum.
    他们向首相挑战，要求进行公民投票。
21. He parents had told me never to speak to their daughter again, so I knew that I was running the gauntlet when I telephoned her to arrange a meeting.
    他父母不许我再和他们的女儿谈话，因此，我知道打电话和她约会是在经受惩罚性的考验。
22. He ran the gauntlet of newspaper attacks.
    他遭到报纸的抨击。
23. Jane had thrown down her gauntlet to him, and he had not been slow in picking it up.
    简向他挑战，他毫不犹豫地接受了挑战。
24. No matter how hard the time is, he is always ready to pick up the gauntlet.
    无论时事多么艰难，他总是愿意接受挑战。
25. He is quick to take up the gauntlet thrown down by the opposition.
    他立刻接受了对方提出的挑战。
26. And she brought you through the gauntlet by herself?
    那是她自己把你们带出哥特列特的了？
27. Wendy now had to pick up the gauntlet thrown down by her mother.
    温迪此时不得不接受她母亲向她发出的挑战。
28. You will be steadfast in your goals or intention and, if challenged, will take up the gauntlet and win.
    你会对你的目标的坚定不移，如果有挑战，要挑战并取得胜利。
29. While some recent graduates find success, many are worn down by a gauntlet of challenges and disappointments.
    尽管最近有一些毕业生成功地找到了工作，但是很多人已经在各种挑战和失望的情绪的严酷考验下身心俱疲了。

n.

run the gauntlet

• 受严厉谴责；受夹道攻击
  to be criticized or attacked by a lot of people, especially a group of people that you have to walk through
  1. Some of the witnesses had to run the gauntlet of television cameras and reporters.
     一些目击者不得不在众多电视摄像机和记者的围堵下穿行。

take up the gauntlet

• 接受挑战；应战
  to accept sb's invitation to fight or compete

throw down the gauntlet

• 发出挑战
  to invite sb to fight or compete with you

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:    gantlet

2. a glove with long sleeve

   Synonym:    gantlet

3. a glove of armored leather

   Synonym:    gantletmetal glove

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

   Synonym:    gantlet