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
  1. I blundered during the job interview
  Synonym:sinblunderboobgoof

双语例句

• 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。
• Let your heel drop down, press into the ball of your left foot and rise to your toes.
  脚后跟下坠，然后再提起到与脚趾平齐。
• If they come at you with a knife, drop to the ground, ball up to protect your torso ( the kill zone) and kick at the attacker's knees or groin.
  如果他们用刀逼迫你，蹲到地下，蜷起身体保护你的主身（致命区），然后踢袭击者的膝盖或下档。
• Yes, but you must drop the ball keeping the point where the ball lay directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped.
  是的。但必须是在球的落点与该球洞的连线上，在球落点的后面抛球。
• 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。
• Don't rely on him. He's sure to drop the ball.
  不要依赖他，他定会犯错误。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's starting to drop his racquet head, but he'll only get under the ball enough to give it a little bit of topspin.
  他开始降下他的拍头，但是他只打算给球稍微加点上旋。