political football

常见例句

When I stopped by to see the Metric Martyr, he told me he was thoroughly uncomfortable with that title and with the way his case had been turned into a political football.
当我经过那里见到这位公制殉道者时，他告诉我他对这个称号以及他的案子如何演变成为一个政治滚球感到十分的不舒服。
America has built a reputation for responsible and credible management of its finances over the centuries, and that reputation has been reduced to a political football, like a federal judgeship.
数世纪来，美国建立了一种负责和可靠财政管理的良好信誉，这种声誉已经沦为一种政治足球，跟联邦法官职务一样。
These were some of the worries Samaranch inherited. Most disturbing of all was a growing sense that the Olympic Movement was becoming a political football.
萨马兰奇心里还有更多担忧，最让他烦恼的是，有种感觉正在逐渐增强，奥林匹克正在改变成一种“政治足球”。

John Brennan says "he has heard enough" "Quite frankly, I am tiring of politicians using national security issues, such as terrorism, as a political football."

For good or ill, the home of everyday low prices has become America's biggest political football.
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Immigration from the south has long been a political football thrown around by both political parties.
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As for Mr. Obama and Mr. Romney, the estate tax remains a political football.
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