throw down the gage
collocation下战书；发出挑战
By publicly criticizing the plan, she threw down the gage to the entire team.
她公开批评这项计划，等于向整个团队下了战书。
西洋李；西洋李子；作为挑战决斗而扔下的物品(如手套等信物),现通常为比喻用法。；李子的一种亚种,学名为Prunus domestica subsp. italica。；抵押品；挑战
an object, such as a glove, thrown down as a challenge to fight (now usually figurative)
现多用于比喻
作为挑战决斗而扔下的物品(如手套等信物),现通常为比喻用法。
Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
李子的一种亚种,学名为Prunus domestica subsp. italica。
A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
The bank required a gage from the borrower for the loan.
银行要求借款人提供抵押品以获得贷款。
用法提示：gage 作为名词，表示“抵押品”
He left his watch as a gage at the pawnshop.
他把手表作为抵押品留在了当铺。
用法提示：gage 作为名词，表示“抵押品”
It's difficult to get a loan without a gage.
没有抵押品很难获得贷款。
用法提示：gage 作为名词，表示“抵押品”
比 gage 更常用、含义更宽，不特指挑战时抛下的信物，而是一般性的保证或抵押物。
强调象征意义，不一定包含实际担保或挑战的含义，与 gage 相比缺少决斗、挑战的联想。
多用于金融或法律语境，指保证债务偿还的担保物，没有 gage 的挑战、决斗意味。
较正式，可指担保人或保证金，与 gage 的‘挑战信物’义项距离较远。
通常指交易中的预付款或保证金，强调诚意，与 gage 的挑战含义几乎不交叉。
下战书；发出挑战
By publicly criticizing the plan, she threw down the gage to the entire team.
她公开批评这项计划，等于向整个团队下了战书。
接受挑战
He took up the gage and agreed to a public debate.
他接受了挑战，同意进行公开辩论。
西洋李；青李
The tart was made with ripe green gages from the garden.
这个馅饼是用园子里熟透的西洋李做的。
与“gage”作为挑战信物的含义相关，表示被挑战的行为或事件。
传统上“gage”被掷下以发起一对一的决斗。
“gage”通常指掷下的手套，作为挑战或承诺的信物。
“gage”也是一种李子亚种，与其他李子果实同属李子类别。
种植“gage”李子树的地方，体现其作为果树的语境。
下战书；提出挑战
By criticizing the director's decision, he threw down the gage to the entire board.
他批评主任的决定，等于向整个董事会下了战书。
接受挑战；应战
She took up the gage and agreed to the public debate.
她接受挑战，同意了公开辩论。
苍白的颤抖懦夫，我在此扔下我的挑战信物。
In William Shakespeare's play Richard II, Bolingbroke throws down his gage as a challenge to Mowbray.
在威廉·莎士比亚的戏剧《理查二世》中，博林布鲁克扔下他的挑战信物，向莫布雷提出挑战。
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