| 单词 | in the ballpark |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the (right) ballpark b. A notional region or area within which comparisons, approximations, etc., can be made; an accepted or expected range, esp. one within which an amount or estimate is likely to be correct. Frequently as in the (right) ballpark: approximately right, fairly accurate. Also in the (same) ballpark: approximately similar, in the same area or range. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > range of comparison ballpark1945 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > closeness to accuracy > [adverb] much1560 nearly1594 muchwhat1619 nigh about1632 closely1682 roughly1768 close1833 approximatively1835 proximately1839 in the rough1841 approximately1845 along1852 nearbouta1857 in a sort of (sorta) way1868 in the (right) ballpark1945 grosso modo1952 1945 K. Patchen Mem. Shy Pornographer 101 ‘Miro complicates it simply because he doesn't know how to handle his material.’ ‘But Arp does, I suppose.’ ‘Of course he does.’ ‘You're way out in left field.’ ‘And you're not even in the ball park.’ 1953 Atomic Power Devel. & Private Enterprise (Hearings before U.S. Congress Joint Comm. on Atomic Energy) 230 We need the full-scale plant in order to find out if we are in the ball park economically. 1957 San Francisco Examiner 5 Aug. ii. 15/2 I thought I would start with a figure that we could plus or minus a billion or so and be within the ball park. 1962 Wall St. Jrnl. 19 June 8/6 (advt.) Its speed, range, and over-the-weather altitude put it in the same ballpark with the big airline jets. 1968 San Francisco Examiner 8 Oct. 58/7 The figures I have indicate this pay-out is ‘in the ball park’. 1970 Observer 24 May 40/6 You guys all belong in the same ballpark. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 13 May 59/2 We can save lives with adequately equipped ambulances and properly trained personnel. It may be 50,000 or 75,000, but a figure of 60,000 is in the right ball park. 1977 R. E. Megill Introd. Risk Anal. xiv. 154 The Delphi technique of brainstorming can often produce answers surprisingly close to reality, but it may also produce one not even in the ‘ball park’. 1978 New Scientist 4 May 277/2 The volume of carbon dioxide required to produce surface carbon..would have created an atmosphere ‘in the ballpark of Venus’. 1985 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 23 Sept. 14/2 A previously established gross takeoff weight target of 50,000 lb. remains in effect... ‘We're confident we're in the right ballpark now,’ Russ said. 1995 Q June 113/2 He told them they were in the right ballpark for what they were trying to express. 2000 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. (Connected section) 3/1 The X-Box's innards are at least in the same ballpark as the PlayStation 2's Emotion Engine processor. in the (same) ballpark b. A notional region or area within which comparisons, approximations, etc., can be made; an accepted or expected range, esp. one within which an amount or estimate is likely to be correct. Frequently as in the (right) ballpark: approximately right, fairly accurate. Also in the (same) ballpark: approximately similar, in the same area or range. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > range of comparison ballpark1945 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > closeness to accuracy > [adverb] much1560 nearly1594 muchwhat1619 nigh about1632 closely1682 roughly1768 close1833 approximatively1835 proximately1839 in the rough1841 approximately1845 along1852 nearbouta1857 in a sort of (sorta) way1868 in the (right) ballpark1945 grosso modo1952 1945 K. Patchen Mem. Shy Pornographer 101 ‘Miro complicates it simply because he doesn't know how to handle his material.’ ‘But Arp does, I suppose.’ ‘Of course he does.’ ‘You're way out in left field.’ ‘And you're not even in the ball park.’ 1953 Atomic Power Devel. & Private Enterprise (Hearings before U.S. Congress Joint Comm. on Atomic Energy) 230 We need the full-scale plant in order to find out if we are in the ball park economically. 1957 San Francisco Examiner 5 Aug. ii. 15/2 I thought I would start with a figure that we could plus or minus a billion or so and be within the ball park. 1962 Wall St. Jrnl. 19 June 8/6 (advt.) Its speed, range, and over-the-weather altitude put it in the same ballpark with the big airline jets. 1968 San Francisco Examiner 8 Oct. 58/7 The figures I have indicate this pay-out is ‘in the ball park’. 1970 Observer 24 May 40/6 You guys all belong in the same ballpark. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 13 May 59/2 We can save lives with adequately equipped ambulances and properly trained personnel. It may be 50,000 or 75,000, but a figure of 60,000 is in the right ball park. 1977 R. E. Megill Introd. Risk Anal. xiv. 154 The Delphi technique of brainstorming can often produce answers surprisingly close to reality, but it may also produce one not even in the ‘ball park’. 1978 New Scientist 4 May 277/2 The volume of carbon dioxide required to produce surface carbon..would have created an atmosphere ‘in the ballpark of Venus’. 1985 Aviation Week & Space Technol. 23 Sept. 14/2 A previously established gross takeoff weight target of 50,000 lb. remains in effect... ‘We're confident we're in the right ballpark now,’ Russ said. 1995 Q June 113/2 He told them they were in the right ballpark for what they were trying to express. 2000 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. (Connected section) 3/1 The X-Box's innards are at least in the same ballpark as the PlayStation 2's Emotion Engine processor. < as lemmas |
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