"Fight a rearguard action" nghĩa là gì?

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"Fight/mount/stage a rearguard action" có cụm từ "rearguard action" là cuộc giao tranh giữa đạo quân hậu tập với quân địch -> cụm từ này nghĩa là bạn đang cố ngăn chặn điều không thể ngăn chặn.

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Melton had four games of the Midlands Two East (South) campaign outstanding (xuất sắc), and were fighting a rearguard action against relegation (xuống hạng), but will now finish the season second-bottom in 11th place.

Her daughters, Darani and Tanya, continued the campaign (chiến dịch) after Margo’s death. Initially, they received the same negative response (phản hồi tiêu cực). However, in 1979, a handful of “Friends” - including Fuller and Peter Anderson (then the local NSW member for Nepean, later a Labor cabinet minister (bộ trưởng bộ Lao động)) - fought a rearguard action.

“It should have happened at least a year ago, if not two years ago when [former USA Rugby chief executive (giám đốc điều hành)] Dan Payne was leaving,” Major League Rugby team owner Kennedy told RugbyPass. “They were always fighting a rearguard action. There is plenty of me on the record on this, so it’s not ‘Monday Morning Quarterback’ (thầy bói nói dựa). Bankruptcy (phá sản) is what they needed to do."


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