ballpark
英 ['bɔːlpɑːk]***美 ['bɔlpɑrk]
- n. （美）棒球场；活动领域；可变通范围
- adj. 大约的
中文词源
- 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]
双语例句
- 1. Ballpark estimates indicate a price tag of $90 million a month.
- 大致的估计费用为每月9,000万美元。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. This puts them in the ballpark and makes them a major player.
- 这使他们得以参加其中并成为主要竞争者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The offers for the contract were all in the same ballpark .
- 本合同的所有开价均在同一范围内。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. I can't give you anything more than just sort of a ballpark figure.
- 我只能给你一个大概的数字。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. As a general investigative agency, they're not in the same ballpark as the FBI.
- 作为一个普通调查机构，他们还不足以同联邦调查局相提并论。
来自柯林斯例句
