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。
挑战信物；决斗挑战物
gages — plural of gage
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挑战信物；决斗挑战物
an object, such as a glove, thrown down as a challenge to fight (now usually figurative)
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。
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.
He left his watch as a gage at the pawnshop.
他把手表作为抵押品留在了当铺。
It's difficult to get a loan without a gage.
没有抵押品很难获得贷款。
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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。
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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把白手套扔到对方脚下，掷出挑战信物——这个动作叫 gage（与 gauge 同音，但别混淆）。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal prose、historical references 本条目分析‘挑战信物’义项：该词较正式、偏书面或文学性，现代英语中多为比喻用法。
这些词都含有 -age 且读作 /eɪdʒ/，与 gage 押韵。注意词尾拼写相同的 village、manage、damage 等，-age 读 /ɪdʒ/ 或 /ədʒ/，发音不同，不能仅凭拼写判断。
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