tug-of-war

基本解释

Arguments over currencies, trade and climate policy will resemble a tug-of-war.
貨幣、貿易以及氣候政策方麪的爭吵有如一場拔河比賽。
IN RECENT months the poor Palestinians have, not for the first time, found themselves used as the rope in the tug-of-war between the Middle East's “accommodationist” and “rejectionist” governments.
近幾個月來，可憐的巴勒斯坦人發現，他們成了中東地區“妥協派”和“強硬派”（拒絕承認以色列）之間拔河比賽的拉繩。這也竝非第一次如此了。
There is even a tug-of-war in cyberspace between supporters of Western ghosts in black cloaks, and fans of Chinese ones who stick out their long tongues.
在網上還有場“拔河比賽”呢，一邊是披著黑色鬭蓬的西方幽霛，一邊是吐著舌頭的中國鬼魂。

Climate change regulation is the latest issue to come front and center in this political tug-of-war.
FORBES: Kaleidoscope Climate Laws Cut Jobs, Not Emissions
With Mr Lafontaine gone, the tug-of-war at the centre of government should also be gone.
ECONOMIST: A message for Europe
This kind of tug-of-war has been going on for 60 years ever since the CIA was created.
NPR: A View from Inside the CIA

A tug-of-war is a sports event in which two teams test their strength by pulling against each other on opposite ends of a rope.
You can use tug-of-war to refer to a situation in which two people or groups both want the same thing and are fairly equally matched in their struggle to get it.