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
- 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； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Don't rely on him. He's sure to drop the ball.
不要依赖他，他定会犯错误。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。