neck and neck
/ˌnek ən ˈnek/NEUTRAL · C2
中文对应完全对应
不相上下
字面意思: «脖子挨着脖子»
含义
exactly level in a competition
比赛中不分上下.
例句
- 1With a day to go, the two candidates for class president are neck and neck.
- 2Mia and her brother were neck and neck in the spelling contest until the very last word.
- 3Both bakeries have sold exactly three hundred pies, so they're neck and neck with an hour left.
- 4Who's winning the charity quiz? Last I heard, the two tables were neck and neck.
- 5In the latest survey, cycling and walking are neck and neck as the most popular way to get to work.
语法
通常用在 be、run 或 finish 之后,指两个人或两方。两个名词都保持单数。
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