drop the ball
英 [drɒp ðə bɔːl]
美 [drɑːp ðə bɔːl]
吊球
英英释义
verb
- commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
- I blundered during the job interview
双语例句
- The racquet should drop at least one foot below the contact point before swinging forward to meet the ball.
网拍在向前挥拍迎接来球之前，应该是在接触点下面降低至少一呎。 - Before you drop the ball into the spinning wheel, you bet a number on the electronic layout.
在你把小球投入转盘之前，先在布局上赌个号码。 - I would discuss the urgency of their work with each of them so I didn? T drop the ball.
我会和他们每一个人商量一下工作的紧要程度，这样我就不会误事。 - An explicit request to circulate puts people in an awkward position: they can say no and look rude, or drop the ball and look disorganized.
直接要求分享会让人处于尴尬的境地：他们可以拒绝，这样就会显得粗鲁，也可以置之不理，这样就显得毫无组织性。 - We almost enter a contract with that company, but Jim drop the ball and ruin everything.
我们差点就跟那公司签合同了，但是吉姆犯了大错，把一切都搞砸了。 - In baseball I was as likely to get hit on the head as to drop the ball.
打垒球时，打着头的几率和丢球的几率一样高； - I am also hopeful that Mr Van Rompuy may turn out to be somebody who does not drop the ball during a crisis, as the EU's combined leadership did last year.
我同样满怀希望地认为，事实或许会证明，范龙佩也许是一个不会在危机中掉链子的人不像欧盟领导层去年总体表现的那样。 - Right now the most difficult challenge for Olympus is what best they must do not to drop the ball.
眼前对Olympus对具困难的挑战是他们必须做到最好而不是放弃。 - Every time I've ever asked you to do something, you drop the ball.
每次我要求你做的事情，你总是失误。 - The player charged at his opponent, making him drop the ball.
那个运动员朝对手冲去，使他扔下了球。