political football

基本解釋

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.
當(dāng)我經(jīng)過那里見到這位公制殉道者時(shí)，他告訴我他對(duì)這個(gè)稱號(hào)以及他的案子如何演變成為一個(gè)政治滾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.
數(shù)世紀(jì)來，美國建立了一種負(fù)責(zé)和可靠財(cái)政管理的良好信譽(yù)，這種聲譽(yù)已經(jīng)淪為一種政治足球，跟聯(lián)邦法官職務(wù)一樣。
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.
薩馬蘭奇心里還有更多擔(dān)憂，最讓他煩惱的是，有種感覺正在逐漸增強(qiáng)，奧林匹克正在改變成一種“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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