Luxury car firm Jaguar has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors by giving the best guarantee on the market.

豪华轿车生产商捷豹公司通过提供市场上最佳的保修服务向竞争对手们发出了挑战。

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She picked up the gauntlet in her incisive keynote address to the conference.

她在其尖锐的大会主题发言中接受挑战。

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Some of the witnesses had to run the gauntlet of television cameras and reporters.

一些目击者不得不在众多电视摄像机和记者的围堵下穿行。

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She has also thrown down the gauntlet to the regulator - saying it is "poorly led and unwilling to accept responsibility".

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Massa had thrown down the gauntlet in the first session, zooming round his home circuit in a blistering 1:11.830 - the fastest time of the weekend.

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Although it had no legal standing, the event was the symbolic equivalent of laying down the gauntlet to the president-elect, Felipe Calderon, who won the July 2nd vote by less than 1 percent.

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