goalpost

Word family adjectivegoallessnoungoalballgoalkeepergoalkickergoalkickinggoal linegoalmouthgoalpostgoal

Related topics: Sport

goal·post /ˈɡəʊlpəʊst $ ˈɡoʊlpoʊst/ noun [countableC usually plural]

1. DSone of the two posts, with a bar along the top or across the middle, that form the goal in games such as football and hockey 〔足球、曲棍球等的〕球门柱 SYN post →4 See picture on 见图 Page A10 Sports centre 体育运动中心 →5 see picture at 见图 american football, football

2. move/shift the goalposts British EnglishBrE informalCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to change the rules, limits etc for something while someone is trying to do something, making it more difficult for them – used to show disapproval 改变规则〔以增大难度，含贬义〕

Examples from the Corpus

move/shift the goalposts• It has been subtly shifting the goalposts of what can be done in and through art.• The answer to failure and sin is not to move the goalposts but to repent and try again.

Examples from the Corpus

goalpost• The traditional Shrove Tuesday football match is to move its goalposts 100 yards downstream.• I was checked into the net and my head hit the goalpost.• The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.• He was critical, too, of government sources for changing the position of the goalposts when defining economic recovery.• He walked ninety-eight yards for the winning touchdown and when they got the flashlight fixed, there he was under the goalposts.• Until the goalposts moved, roughly half of publicly listed firms in financial trouble opted for the private route.

词汇	goalpost
释义	goalpost Word family adjectivegoallessnoungoalballgoalkeepergoalkickergoalkickinggoal linegoalmouthgoalpostgoal Related topics: Sport goal·post /ˈɡəʊlpəʊst $ ˈɡoʊlpoʊst/ noun [countableC usually plural] 1. DSone of the two posts, with a bar along the top or across the middle, that form the goal in games such as football and hockey 〔足球、曲棍球等的〕球门柱 SYN post →4 See picture on 见图 Page A10 Sports centre 体育运动中心 →5 see picture at 见图 american football, football 2. move/shift the goalposts British EnglishBrE informalCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT to change the rules, limits etc for something while someone is trying to do something, making it more difficult for them – used to show disapproval 改变规则〔以增大难度，含贬义〕 Examples from the Corpus move/shift the goalposts• It has been subtly shifting the goalposts of what can be done in and through art.• The answer to failure and sin is not to move the goalposts but to repent and try again. Examples from the Corpus goalpost• The traditional Shrove Tuesday football match is to move its goalposts 100 yards downstream.• I was checked into the net and my head hit the goalpost.• The only good thing about his rude awakening was the discovery of a gigantic hedgehog behind one of the goalposts.• He was critical, too, of government sources for changing the position of the goalposts when defining economic recovery.• He walked ninety-eight yards for the winning touchdown and when they got the flashlight fixed, there he was under the goalposts.• Until the goalposts moved, roughly half of publicly listed firms in financial trouble opted for the private route.
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