ballpark

英 ['bɔːlpɑːk] 美 ['bɔlpɑrk]
  • n. （美）棒球场；活动领域；可变通范围
  • adj. 大约的
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英文词源

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