"political football" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 政治足球（指被各方爭論或利用的問題）

Definition

指政客反覆爭論或利用以圖自身利益的問題，而沒有真正解決的情況。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這裏是比喻用法，和體育沒有關係。多用於政治或新聞語境，指出一個問題被政客利用卻遲遲不解決。通常帶負面色彩。

Examples

The issue of healthcare reform has become a political football.

醫療改革問題成了一個**政治足球**。

Education funding is often treated as a political football during elections.

教育經費在選舉期間常成為**政治足球**。

The debate over immigration has turned into a political football.

有關移民的爭論已成為**政治足球**。

When budgets are tight, public transportation becomes a political football every year.

每當預算緊張，公共交通就成為**政治足球**。

Don't let climate change turn into just another political football.

別讓氣候變遷只是另一個**政治足球**。

The mayor complained that the park project had become a political football, delayed by endless arguments.

市長抱怨說，公園項目已經成為一個**政治足球**，被無休止的爭論拖延。