Certain European nations are trying to move the goalposts so that some of their Eastern neighbours will find it easier to join the EU.

某些欧洲国家想尽力改变现有规则，以便于他们的东方邻国加入欧盟。

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Mr Walsh said to "move the goalposts" in this way halfway through the GCSE English course seemed totally unfair.

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But we're going to move the goalposts.

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