drop the ball

英 [drɒp ðə bɔːl]

美 [drɑːp ðə bɔːl]

吊球

英英释义

verb

• commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
  1. I blundered during the job interview
  Synonym:sinblunderboobgoof

双语例句

• Before you drop the ball into the spinning wheel, you bet a number on the electronic layout.
  在你把小球投入转盘之前，先在布局上赌个号码。
• Don't rely on him. He's sure to drop the ball.
  不要依赖他，他定会犯错误。
• He's starting to drop his racquet head, but he'll only get under the ball enough to give it a little bit of topspin.
  他开始降下他的拍头，但是他只打算给球稍微加点上旋。
• Every time I've ever asked you to do something, you drop the ball.
  每次我要求你做的事情，你总是失误。
• Let your heel drop down, press into the ball of your left foot and rise to your toes.
  脚后跟下坠，然后再提起到与脚趾平齐。
• The racquet should drop at least one foot below the contact point before swinging forward to meet the ball.
  网拍在向前挥拍迎接来球之前，应该是在接触点下面降低至少一呎。
• An explicit request to circulate puts people in an awkward position: they can say no and look rude, or drop the ball and look disorganized.
  直接要求分享会让人处于尴尬的境地：他们可以拒绝，这样就会显得粗鲁，也可以置之不理，这样就显得毫无组织性。
• That's what people want to see him do – drop his shoulder, knock the ball past someone and put one in the top bin ( top corner).
  这就是人们希望看到的，他应该成为最佳，打进这种漂亮的进球。
• The one thing you didn't want to do was drop the ball.
  在他“玩”这个游戏的时候，最重要的是你千万不要把球丢掉。
• In baseball I was as likely to get hit on the head as to drop the ball.
  打垒球时，打着头的几率和丢球的几率一样高；