shoulder to shoulder

TOGETHER

a) having the same aims and wanting to achieve the same thing 齐心协力地 SYN side by side

shoulder to shoulder with

We are working shoulder to shoulder with local residents.

我们和当地居民肩并肩共同努力。

b) physically close together 肩并肩地 SYN side by side

Blacks and whites stood shoulder to shoulder in the stands to applaud.

黑人和白人并肩站在看台上鼓掌。

Examples from the Corpus

shoulder to shoulder• Almost shoulder to shoulder they were lined along the road, hurling gravel non-stop under the wheels of the passing trucks.• Before long I had rejoined the tribe, swaying shoulder to shoulder with them as I thumped on a cast-iron pan.• Four old panel trucks sit shoulder to shoulder, looking like an art installation.• In church they kept to their own groups, but here they jostled shoulder to shoulder, watchful and sulky.• The milkweed and monarch, shoulder to shoulder, lock into a single system, an evolution toward and with each other.• They stood shoulder to shoulder by the developing trays.• They trod carefully away, shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip.• Uncle and nephew knelt shoulder to shoulder, hands cupped, heads bowed in the simple position of submission.

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