| 词汇 | jump through hoops |
| 释义 | jump through hoopsjump through hoops 1 IMPRESSif someone makes you jump through hoops, they make you do lots of difficult or boring things before you are allowed to do what you want to do 经受考验[磨炼]，克服许多困难 Examples from the Corpus jump/go through hoops• He had me roll my body across the yard, he had me hop, he had me jump through hoops.• We had to jump through a lot of hoops in order to get the play on stage. → jump/go through hoops at hoop(1) 2 to do a series of things that are difficult or annoying, but that are necessary in order to achieve something 〔为达到目的而〕作出很大努力，经受磨难 We had to jump through hoops to get our visas in time. 为了及时获得签证，我们只得下一番苦功。 Examples from the Corpus jump through hoops• He had me roll my body across the yard, he had me hop, he had me jump through hoops.• They'll have to jump through a lot of hoops to prove we can trust them. → jump through hoops at jump1(6) |
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