ballpark
英 ['b??lpɑ?k]
美['b?lpɑrk]
- n. （美）棒球場；活動領域；可變通范圍
- adj. 大約的
詞態變化
復數:?ballparks;
英文詞源
- ballpark (n.)
- "baseball stadium," 1899, from (base)ball + park (n.). Figurative sense of "acceptable range of approximation" first recorded 1954, originally in the jargon of atomic weapons scientists, perhaps originally referring to area within which a missile was expected to return to earth; the reference is to broad but reasonably predictable dimensions.
The result, according to the author's estimate, is a stockpile equivalent to one billion tons of TNT. Assuming this estimate is "in the ball park," clearly there is valid reason for urging candor on the part of our government. [Ralph E. Lapp, "Atomic Candor," in "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists," October 1954]
雙語例句
- 1. Ballpark estimates indicate a price tag of $90 million a month.
- 大致的估計費用為每月9,000萬美元。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This puts them in the ballpark and makes them a major player.
- 這使他們得以參加其中并成為主要競爭者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The offers for the contract were all in the same ballpark .
- 本合同的所有開價均在同一范圍內。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. I can't give you anything more than just sort of a ballpark figure.
- 我只能給你一個大概的數字。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. As a general investigative agency, they're not in the same ballpark as the FBI.
- 作為一個普通調查機構，他們還不足以同聯邦調查局相提并論。
來自柯林斯例句