cut and thrust
US /kʌt ænd θrʌst/
UK /kʌt ænd θrʌst/
1.
激烈交鋒, 唇槍舌劍, 激烈競爭
a situation in which people compete strongly with each other and say clever or forceful things
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He enjoys the cut and thrust of political debate.
他喜歡政治辯論中的激烈交鋒。
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The courtroom was filled with the cut and thrust of legal arguments.
法庭上充滿了法律論證的激烈交鋒。