单词 | game-changer |
释义 | > as lemmasgame-changer game-changer n. originally U.S. (a) Sport a player who, or tactic, goal, etc., which decisively affects the outcome of a game; (b) (in extended use) an event, idea, or procedure that produces a significant shift in the current way of thinking about or doing something. ΚΠ 1962 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Disp. 13 Jan. 4/4 They reckoned without game-changer Bob Sheflo and his cohorts. 1995 Automotive News (Nexis) 29 May 35 Kenneth Baker, vice president of the GM Research and Development Center, called the agreement a ‘real game-changer’. 2005 A. Budiardjo in B. L. Capehart & L. C. Capehart Web Based Energy Information & Control Syst. II. Foreword p. xiii/1 The Web is the game-changer for the building and energy management industry. 2012 Times (Nexis) 22 Sept. (Sport section) 87 The fifth over, from Zadran, cost 23 runs and proved a game-changer. < as lemmas |
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