pincer movement

They are moving in a pincer movement to cut the republic in two.

他们正展开钳形攻势，要把该共和国一分为二。

Commentators like Paul Sheehan at the Sydney Morning Herald are sounding the alarm, writing that Australian homebuyers are caught 'in a pincer movement between superannuation and Chinese investment.'

包括《悉尼先驱晨报》（Sydney Morning Herald）希恩（Paul Sheehan）在内的评论员已拉响了警报，指出澳大利亚购房者在养老金计划与中国投资潮之间腹背受敌。

Russia's2018 World Cup bid appeared to be in free fall today as campaign leaders hinted they feared becoming the victim of a pincer movement.

俄罗斯的2018世界杯申办工作开始放任自流了，因为工作的负责人们担心自己成为运动的受害者。

Euan Aitchison, an estate agent based for 30 years in Berwick, welcomes what he calls "a pincer movement of brothers from the South and friends from the north".

在贝里克郡扎根了30年的房地产经纪人尤安艾奇逊（euan aitchison），对这种他称之为“来自南方的兄弟和来自北部的朋友们的钳形运动”表示了欢迎。

That is partly explained by the pincer movement of stronger local competition on one side and stiff regulations on the other.

部分原因是外资银行受到夹击：一面是本土银行更有力的竞争，另一面是严厉的监管。