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儒琴英语词汇（English Words and Phrases of the Day）
go to bat for sb
（mainly US）to support someone when the person needs help
为…出力；支持 (Cambridge)
“Sen. Elizabeth Warren has spent her campaign railing against the donor class, making it known she doesn’t want their help,” The Hill reports. December 23, 2019
“But behind the scenes in recent months, former President Obama has gone to bat for Warren (Mass.) when speaking to donors reluctant to support her given her knocks on Wall Street and the wealthy.”
“And if Warren becomes the nominee, Obama has said they must throw the entirety of their support behind her.
up for grabs
available and ready to be won or taken
人人都可以争取，供大家争取，提供给任何人 (Cambridge)
“With the Democratic presidential nomination still very much up for grabs, candidates sprinted from the year’s final presidential debate in Los Angeles to Iowa this weekend, hoping to get a jump on a frenetic month of campaigning ahead of the state’s Feb. 3 caucuses,” the Los Angeles Times reports. — Dec 22, 2019
ignominy
noun [ U ] literary /ˈɪɡ.nə.mɪ.ni/
public embarrassment
耻辱，侮辱 (Cambridge)
New York Times: “Just under four years after he began his takeover of a party to which he had little connection, Mr. Trump enters 2020 burdened with the ignominy of being the first sitting president to seek re-election after being impeached.” — Dec 22, 2019
trade-off
also tradeoff
Word forms: plural trade-offs
countable noun
A trade-off is a situation where you make a compromise between two things, or where you exchange all or part of one thing for another.
是指你在两件事之间取舍，做出妥协； 在需要而又相互对立的两者间的权衡，协调
But in truth, the ticking clock also presents new challenges for the EU side. The constricted timescale means it has to make rapid and uncomfortable choices about what to include in the trade deal and what to leave out.
“At a certain point there are going to be trade-offs necessary,” said one EU diplomat. “We have to stay united to get a deal within this timeframe, but it won’t be easy.” — Politico Europe Dec 23, 2019
