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move the goalposts idiom informaldisapproving to change the rules while someone is trying to do something in order to make it more difficult for them: 改变规则,改变条件(使某人为难) We'd almost signed the contract when the other guys moved the goalposts and said they wanted more money.我们几乎就要签合同了,可就在这时对方那些家伙又出了难题,说他们得加价。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Changing about-face about-turn alterable altered alternate churn disturb make an about-turn make something into something malleable meta metamorphose morph pervert rollback rotation rotational sanitization semi-domesticated transcribe
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