goalpost

英 [ˈɡəʊlpəʊst]

美 [ˈɡoʊlpoʊst]

n.  球门柱

复数：goalposts　

BNC.21627 / COCA.29521

习惯用语

n.

move, etc. the goalposts
• 改变规则，改变条件（使某人为难）
  to change the rules for sth, or conditions under which it is done, so that the situation becomes more difficult for sb

牛津词典

noun

• 球门柱
  one of the two vertical posts that form part of a goal

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。

英英释义

noun

• one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field

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