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

• 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。
• Goalposts were roughly chalked out on the playground wall.
  操场的墙上已经标出了球门柱的轮廓。
• After Les Sealey helped the manager win his first two trophies at Old Trafford, Schmeichel moved the goalposts when it came to what we expected of a keeper.
  莱斯。希里帮助经理拿到最初的2个冠军后，舒梅切尔成为了每个人想象中的门将。
• The goalposts and crossbars must be white.
  门柱和横杆必须是白色。
• Example: He moved the goalposts after he had been elected to be chairman.
  在他被选举为主席后就改变了选举的规则。
• That said, the company admits in offering documents that it has moved the goalposts at least once in estimating what its shares are worth.
  不过，LinkedIn在招股书中承认，公司的股价估算规则已至少作过一次调整。
• They moved the goalposts wider apart.
  他们将球门柱移得距离大一些。
• 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。
• 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。
• Between the opposite team's goalposts. Who's coming in next?
  在对方球队的门柱之间。该谁到叁柱门击球了？