carry the torch
US /ˈkæri ðə ˈtɔrtʃ/
・UK /ˈkæri ðə ˈtɔ:tʃ/
B2 中高級
idm.承擔使命
She carries the torch for civil rights in her community.
idm.持續暗戀
He still carries the torch for his first love after many years.
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- It's someone who has basically pitched that, "I will carry the torch for my brother," but as long ago as this summer in August, in a debate when she was asked a question about Taiwan and the South China Sea, she said, "Foreign policy is not really my thing." So it's difficult to make a pitch that you're going to carry the mantle for a senator who is well known for his foreign policy, if not expertise, at least interest, at least extreme fascination with it.
她基本上主打「我會接下我哥哥的火炬」，但早在今年八月的辯論中，當被問到關於臺灣和南海的問題時，她卻說：「外交政策不是我的專長。」所以如果你要宣稱自己能接下那位以外交政策聞名的參議員的衣缽，這就很難說服人，畢竟他對外交政策就算稱不上專業，至少也很有興趣，甚至極度著迷。
天主教宗首訪中東、百歲人瑞傳奧運聖火、送餐機器人車隊｜2021年3月8日。 (Very Different Approaches | March 8, 2021)
- What's fascinating is that the woman you're about to meet, who is set to carry the torch for this year's Games in Japan, was in her thirties when the 1936 games took place.
讓人著迷的是，你即將見到的這位女士，將為今年的日本奧運傳遞火炬，在 1936 年的奧運，她才三十多歲。
- As it stands now, Tanaka will carry the torch on May 11th in Fukuoka, and she's currently listed by Guinness as the third oldest person to ever live.
目前來看，田中將於 5 月 11 日在福岡傳遞聖火，她目前被金氏世界紀錄列為有史以來第三位最長壽的人。