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单词 ballpark
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Definition of ballpark in English:

ballpark

noun ˈbɔːlpɑːkˈbɔlˌpɑrk
  • 1North American A baseball ground.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Still it was quite extraordinary to see him point, then hit the very next pitch out of the ballpark.
    • Shrinking ballparks, postage-stamp strike zones, rocket-fueled baseballs and laboratory-powered hitters are just a few factors.
    • And it appears clear that new downtown ballparks designed especially for baseball are helping generate urban revival.
    • You know, I hit 55 home runs in that ballpark, including two in my first two at-bats.
    • Lively baseballs, sluggers, and big ballparks lifted baseball's popularity to new heights.
    • It's all about baseball and road trips and cities we'd never visit if they didn't have Major League Baseball ballparks.
    • And then there's the simplicity of a Visalia Oaks game - just baseball in a ballpark with no official name.
    • Some of my line drives and fly balls that would have been home runs in other ballparks were against the fence for doubles in Washington.
    • Generations and two ballparks ago, Kiner belted an awe-inspiring 192 home runs between 1947 and 1950 in spacious Forbes Field.
    • Anything having to do with ghosts, curses, eerie phenomena, and unexplained events in ballparks or associated with baseball teams is welcome.
    • ‘It's the biggest ballpark in baseball right now,’ Gonzalez moaned.
    • Lou Gehrig fell ill at the ballpark after months of masking the disease that would be named for him and kill him off in two years.
    • Competitive players, efficient training and cozy ballparks lead to good baseball.
    • My left fielder's watching it go out of the ballpark and the wind brings it back.
    • While smaller ballparks have juiced home run totals, they have the opposite advantage on gap-to-gap hitters who utilize expanses of grass.
    • Every Tuesday here at the Daily Blog, we'll unveil a list of baseball rankings - from best bullpens to best ballparks to best movies.
    • It doesn't hurt that he gets plenty of face time on the highlights with home runs that exit ballparks in the blink of an eye.
    • Attendance is up at 21 of the 30 major league ballparks, but here in Atlanta, the Braves are drawing their smallest crowds since 1991.
    • I would argue that artificial turf and big ballparks entered and exited the baseball world at about the same time.
    • Just about every seat at a minor league game would be VIP level, with waiter service included, at today's major league ballparks.
  • 2informal An area or range within which an amount or estimate is likely to be correct.

    we can make a pretty good guess that this figure's in the ballpark
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is not quite that simple, but it will put you in the ballpark.
    • But in this matter as in other larger ones in the same ballpark, the language of diminishing comparison is contemptible.
    • This is likely to be in the correct ballpark.
    • Perhaps the term ‘walk-up’ could be stretched as high as seven, eight, or at a maximum 10 storeys, but 25 isn't in the ballpark.
    • In terms of global penetration, they are nowhere near being in the same ballpark as McDonald's, say.
    • Is the back of the envelope calculation in the ballpark or am I missing something here?
    • That's a rough estimate, but it's in the correct ballpark.
    • Not that there was much resemblance; it was just the only other countenance within the same ballpark of hideousness.
    • And that's already in the right ballpark for the observed amount of dark matter out there.
    • ‘They [CSKA] are definitely in a different ballpark as regards spending,’ admitted McLeish.
    • Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra is in the same ballpark, and, of course, Wagner, the original hammer of the gods.
    • That doesn't quite happen in A.I., but it's in the ballpark.
    • Yes, that's still 17%, higher than the likely turnout but at least in the ballpark.
    • But it remains in the same ballpark as its Norwich-based competitor.
    • Discussions of UK polls tend to assume that the polls are in the right ballpark, but this might not be the case.
    • Based on what we have seen, the case numbers reported are in the ballpark.
    • Somewhere in the middle is the likely ballpark for health spending in our lifetimes.
    • The Chinese have nothing in the same ballpark as the Indians when it comes to wielding soft power.
    • I know a ballpark of what I want from a song and then I shade in the detail.
    • The new empirical evidence suggests that the average used by PWC is in the right ballpark, even after the time elapsed since the estimates were made.
    1. 2.1as modifier (of a price or cost) approximate.
      the ballpark figure is $400–500
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Last Post explained that only a ballpark room rate figure was required.
      • Although the time-scheme of this calendar is subject to frequent revision, a ballpark set of figures is good enough to drive home the point.
      • Hibs are coy about the cost, but the ballpark figure for such stadium developments is typically 1million per 1,000 seats.
      • That is only a ballpark estimate, but it is certainly not an insurmountably large sum.
      • My problem is that I have no idea what the response will be, so I can't come up with even a ballpark estimate of the amount of inventory I'll need.
      • Is there a ballpark figure that you're seeking?
      • But he won't give even a ballpark estimate of what the quotas would be.
      • How much will the pipeline cost to build, in ballpark terms?
      • But one said the US groups had been looking at ballpark values of between €2.6 billion and €3.0 billion.
      • Potential customers plug in facts about their business and get a ballpark estimate of how much they can save.
      • And while Krebs puts the ballpark cost of implementing the curriculum changes at $1 million, this does not include funding for new student resources.
      • This 40 per cent ballpark figure gives us 10 per cent of GDP or €11 billion which we might spend.
      • These DPV figures are ballpark measurements that understate the resources behind the major-party candidates.
      • The prices listed are ballpark wholesale bottle prices.
      • Vendors will give you a ballpark estimate of calls the vendor expects to be able to complete using your database.
      • You can set up a quick-and-dirty test to generate ballpark values, or a more elaborate test to discriminate between populations that may be very similar.
      • The answer varies depending on underlying assumptions, but a rough ballpark figure is 20 times the area of Minnesota planted as corn.
      • I'm not happy with the fit of an altered store-bought suit, but I don't even know the ballpark price of one made for me.
      • Detailed below are the characteristics and ballpark costs of each.
      • For more than just a ballpark estimate of your green infrastructure's value, you need high-resolution images.
      Synonyms
      general, non-specific, unspecific, unfocused, rough, approximate, overall, sweeping, basic, loose, indefinite, vague, hazy, fuzzy, woolly
 
 

Definition of ballpark in US English:

ballpark

nounˈbôlˌpärkˈbɔlˌpɑrk
North American
  • 1A baseball stadium or field.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I would argue that artificial turf and big ballparks entered and exited the baseball world at about the same time.
    • Some of my line drives and fly balls that would have been home runs in other ballparks were against the fence for doubles in Washington.
    • Shrinking ballparks, postage-stamp strike zones, rocket-fueled baseballs and laboratory-powered hitters are just a few factors.
    • Still it was quite extraordinary to see him point, then hit the very next pitch out of the ballpark.
    • It's all about baseball and road trips and cities we'd never visit if they didn't have Major League Baseball ballparks.
    • Every Tuesday here at the Daily Blog, we'll unveil a list of baseball rankings - from best bullpens to best ballparks to best movies.
    • Attendance is up at 21 of the 30 major league ballparks, but here in Atlanta, the Braves are drawing their smallest crowds since 1991.
    • While smaller ballparks have juiced home run totals, they have the opposite advantage on gap-to-gap hitters who utilize expanses of grass.
    • Lou Gehrig fell ill at the ballpark after months of masking the disease that would be named for him and kill him off in two years.
    • Just about every seat at a minor league game would be VIP level, with waiter service included, at today's major league ballparks.
    • It doesn't hurt that he gets plenty of face time on the highlights with home runs that exit ballparks in the blink of an eye.
    • And then there's the simplicity of a Visalia Oaks game - just baseball in a ballpark with no official name.
    • Anything having to do with ghosts, curses, eerie phenomena, and unexplained events in ballparks or associated with baseball teams is welcome.
    • And it appears clear that new downtown ballparks designed especially for baseball are helping generate urban revival.
    • Generations and two ballparks ago, Kiner belted an awe-inspiring 192 home runs between 1947 and 1950 in spacious Forbes Field.
    • Lively baseballs, sluggers, and big ballparks lifted baseball's popularity to new heights.
    • You know, I hit 55 home runs in that ballpark, including two in my first two at-bats.
    • ‘It's the biggest ballpark in baseball right now,’ Gonzalez moaned.
    • My left fielder's watching it go out of the ballpark and the wind brings it back.
    • Competitive players, efficient training and cozy ballparks lead to good baseball.
    1. 1.1informal A particular area or range.
      we can make a pretty good guess that this figure's in the ballpark
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is likely to be in the correct ballpark.
      • Somewhere in the middle is the likely ballpark for health spending in our lifetimes.
      • Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra is in the same ballpark, and, of course, Wagner, the original hammer of the gods.
      • Discussions of UK polls tend to assume that the polls are in the right ballpark, but this might not be the case.
      • But in this matter as in other larger ones in the same ballpark, the language of diminishing comparison is contemptible.
      • Perhaps the term ‘walk-up’ could be stretched as high as seven, eight, or at a maximum 10 storeys, but 25 isn't in the ballpark.
      • And that's already in the right ballpark for the observed amount of dark matter out there.
      • The Chinese have nothing in the same ballpark as the Indians when it comes to wielding soft power.
      • The new empirical evidence suggests that the average used by PWC is in the right ballpark, even after the time elapsed since the estimates were made.
      • I know a ballpark of what I want from a song and then I shade in the detail.
      • That's a rough estimate, but it's in the correct ballpark.
      • But it remains in the same ballpark as its Norwich-based competitor.
      • ‘They [CSKA] are definitely in a different ballpark as regards spending,’ admitted McLeish.
      • In terms of global penetration, they are nowhere near being in the same ballpark as McDonald's, say.
      • That doesn't quite happen in A.I., but it's in the ballpark.
      • Not that there was much resemblance; it was just the only other countenance within the same ballpark of hideousness.
      • It is not quite that simple, but it will put you in the ballpark.
      • Based on what we have seen, the case numbers reported are in the ballpark.
      • Is the back of the envelope calculation in the ballpark or am I missing something here?
      • Yes, that's still 17%, higher than the likely turnout but at least in the ballpark.
adjectiveˈbôlˌpärkˈbɔlˌpɑrk
informal
  • attributive (of prices or costs) approximate; rough.

    the ballpark figure is $400–500
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This 40 per cent ballpark figure gives us 10 per cent of GDP or €11 billion which we might spend.
    • I'm not happy with the fit of an altered store-bought suit, but I don't even know the ballpark price of one made for me.
    • But one said the US groups had been looking at ballpark values of between €2.6 billion and €3.0 billion.
    • My problem is that I have no idea what the response will be, so I can't come up with even a ballpark estimate of the amount of inventory I'll need.
    • But he won't give even a ballpark estimate of what the quotas would be.
    • You can set up a quick-and-dirty test to generate ballpark values, or a more elaborate test to discriminate between populations that may be very similar.
    • Vendors will give you a ballpark estimate of calls the vendor expects to be able to complete using your database.
    • Hibs are coy about the cost, but the ballpark figure for such stadium developments is typically 1million per 1,000 seats.
    • The answer varies depending on underlying assumptions, but a rough ballpark figure is 20 times the area of Minnesota planted as corn.
    • Detailed below are the characteristics and ballpark costs of each.
    • How much will the pipeline cost to build, in ballpark terms?
    • These DPV figures are ballpark measurements that understate the resources behind the major-party candidates.
    • Is there a ballpark figure that you're seeking?
    • Potential customers plug in facts about their business and get a ballpark estimate of how much they can save.
    • And while Krebs puts the ballpark cost of implementing the curriculum changes at $1 million, this does not include funding for new student resources.
    • The prices listed are ballpark wholesale bottle prices.
    • For more than just a ballpark estimate of your green infrastructure's value, you need high-resolution images.
    • Last Post explained that only a ballpark room rate figure was required.
    • That is only a ballpark estimate, but it is certainly not an insurmountably large sum.
    • Although the time-scheme of this calendar is subject to frequent revision, a ballpark set of figures is good enough to drive home the point.
    Synonyms
    general, non-specific, unspecific, unfocused, rough, approximate, overall, sweeping, basic, loose, indefinite, vague, hazy, fuzzy, woolly
 
 
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