单词 | ballpark |
释义 | ballpark (bɔːlpɑːʳk ) also ball park Word forms: ballparks 1. countable noun A ballpark is a park or stadium where baseball is played. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A ballpark figure or ballpark estimate is an approximate figure or estimate. I can't give you anything more than just sort of a ballpark figure. Ballpark estimates indicate a price tag of $90 million a month. 3. singular noun If something such as an amount or claim is in the ballpark, it is approximately right, but not exact. [informal] What about 20 billion? That's more in the ballpark. ...errors that are made within a system that already is generally in the right ballpark. 4. singular noun If you say that someone or something is in the ballpark, you mean that they are able to take part in a particular area of activity, especially because they are considered as good as others taking part. This puts them in the ballpark and makes them a major player. As a general investigative agency, they're not in the same ballpark as the FBI. Idioms: in the ballpark or in the right ballpark approximately right A piece of subtle surgical equipment cost about £5 – an underestimate, maybe, but in the right ballpark. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be in the same ballpark as someone or something to be as good or important as another person or thing As a general investigative agency, they're not in the same ballpark as the FBI. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate an approximate figure or quantity But what are we talking about here – a few thousand, millions, two bucks? Give me a ballpark figure. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 棒球场, 大略 Japanese: 野球場, おおよその |
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