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单词 to be on the ball
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to be on the ball
o. colloquial (originally U.S.). to be on the ball: to be accurate or apt; to be alert.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > listen attentively [phrase] > be alert
to have one's wits about one1622
to be all there1864
he (or she) never misses (does not miss, etc.) a trick1922
to have (also keep) one's eye on the ball1937
to be on the ball1939
1939 W. C. Williams Let. 7 June in W. C. Williams & J. Laughlin Sel. Lett. (1989) 48 The novella by Quevedo..[is] right on the ball.
1961 Listener 28 Dec. 1136/2 The B.B.C. are ‘on the ball’ as the Americans would say.
2005 S. Booth One Last Breath iv. 41 She was sharp, on the ball, a cut above the rest of them in CID.
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