run the gauntlet

基本解释

It's not difficult to tell when someone's being successful or if they're not – especially when they have to run the gauntlet of peer review.
预测一个人是否成功是不难的，特别是当他接受同行批评的时候。
But to get into a university to pursue this path, she must first run the gauntlet known as "Gaokao," a grueling university entrance examination given every summer across the Asian nation.
为了进入一所能追梦的大学，她必须经历“高考”的试炼，这是亚洲每年夏季都有的竞争残酷的大学入学考试。
International companies cannot access an inventory of vital American satellite components and place orders as the need develops because each component must run the gauntlet of export controls.
国际公司不会使用一张包含了至关重要的美国卫星零件的清单，并且在因为每个零件都必须受到出口管制的辖制下而使需求不断增加的情况下下订单的。
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The script (by Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett, and Don Gilroy) does little more than make Estevez run the gauntlet.
NEWYORKER: Freejack
Dozens more men were sentenced to "run the gauntlet" inside the stockade.
FORBES: War Story
International companies cannot access an inventory of vital American satellite components and place orders as the need develops because each component must run the gauntlet of export controls.
ECONOMIST: Space technology