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Following completion of these tests, the 787 is now being prepared for the next phase which is the intermediate gauntlet.
隨著這些測試的完成，波音787正在為下一階段的中期挑戰(zhàn)測試作準備。
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In Jeremiah 32:27 God says, "I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?" (NIV) It is almost like God laying down the gauntlet saying, "I dare you.
在耶利米書32:27里上帝說，“我是主，所有人類的上帝，有什么事情對我來說是困難的嗎” 這幾乎是上帝下的戰(zhàn)書 “我敢問你，想出一個我不能解決的問題。
A bit of her naked arm is visible between the buff leather of the gauntlet and the sleeve of her gown; and as the day wears on its feminine smoothness becomes scarified by the stubble, and bleeds.
在她衣服的袖子和暗黃色軟皮手套之間，看得見有一截裸露的胳膊露在外面；這一天慢慢過去了，女孩兒圓潤的胳膊也被麥茬刺破了，流出了鮮血。

But it may have also thrown down the gauntlet to a different adversary: Microsoft .
FORBES: Microsoft's 'Don't Be Evil' Dilemma
This was a gauntlet thrown down, in a spirit of malicious glee, before the Western powers.
NEWYORKER: Getting Real
Eyeing the challenge from HP, IBM's software chief, Steven Mills, throws down the gauntlet.
FORBES: Cover Story

Gauntlets are long, thick, protective gloves.
If you pick up the gauntlet or take up the gauntlet, you accept the challenge that someone has made.
If you run the gauntlet, you go through an unpleasant experience in which a lot of people criticize or attack you.
If you throw down the gauntlet to someone, you say or do something that challenges them to argue or compete with you.