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

• After bowing to political pressure, the Bank of Japan said it would buy potentially unlimited amounts of government bonds and widen the goalposts on inflation to allow prices to rise 2 per cent instead of 1 per cent.
  迫于政治压力，日本央行（boj）表示，它将购买可能是无限量的日本国债，并将通胀率目标从1%上调至2%。
• 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？
• They moved the goalposts wider apart.
  他们将球门柱移得距离大一些。
• He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts.
  他只能看见球门柱模糊的轮廓。
• 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。
• The boys chalked out goalposts on the playground wall.
  男孩子们在运动场的墙上用粉笔画上了球门柱。
• 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。
• One industrial lobbyist denounces it as moving the goalposts in the middle of a match.
  一位行业游说人士批评道，这种做法是在足球赛进行当中挪动球门柱。
• The soldiers used sticks of wood, their caps and steel helmets as goalposts.
  士兵们用木棍、帽子、钢盔来做门柱。
• 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。