Throw your hat in the ring的意思是“宣布参加一场比赛”,尤指参加政府竞选。但这种说法从何而来?它和ring(拳击赛场)又有何联系?请听以下细细分解。

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By Paul Sisco Washington 03 July 2006 Watch Competition Report Some of the best young minds in the world were in the U.S. state of Washington this week for a technology competition. Bill Gates was there too. --------- Bill Gates Microsoft's Bill Gat

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By Catherine Drew London 19 May 2008 It can sound like musical instruments or, it can sound like nothing you have ever heard before. An emerging musical form called 'beatboxing' isn't exactly singing. But the music is created only by using a human vo

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NAIROBI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Former world marathon record holder, Paul Tergat, claimed on Monday that doping among Kenyan runners is isolated as opposed to being the widespread problem as alleged. He subsequently called for accusations levelled again

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With less than 50 days to go until Election Day on November 4, the U.S. presidential race between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama appears to be a dead heat. Analysts say the final weeks of the campaign promise to be intense and fill

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