| 释义 |
game plan orig. U.S.
Also game-plan, gameplan.
[f. game n. + plan n.]
a. Sport. (orig. Amer. Football). A detailed strategy worked out in advance for winning a particular match.
1949H. O. Crisler Mod. Football xix. 251 If the defensive line is weak, thrusts at the middle become part of the game plan. 1960P. W. Bryant Building Championship Football Team x. 212 The defensive and offensive coaches will meet..and review our final game plans. 1967Hollander & Zimmerman Football Lingo 53 A resourceful coach will alter his game plan if his opponent comes up with something unexpected. 1977Washington Post 6 Jan. e11/2 Sammie White, Ahmad Rashad and Stu Voigt are fine receivers, although White obviously wasn't in Grant's game plan against Los Angeles. 1986Jrnl. (Fairfax Co., Va.) 28 May a14/6 The Renegades kept to their game plan of a balanced attack.
b. fig. A plan of campaign, esp. in politics; a strategy for achieving a desired result or realizing an ambition.
1941Neville & Chaplin Never give Sucker Even Break (1973) 47 Now she puts her hands over her head and follows his game plan. 1970Time 1 June 39/1 The nation's No. 1 football fan [sc. President Nixon] had a ‘game plan’ that his advisors said would stop inflation. 1977C. McFadden Serial (1978) xxi. 48/1 Harvey decided the best game plan was to stay loose. 1977Kuwait Times 1 Nov. 6/4 The Politics of Defeat is a broadside against the entire Carter administration game-plan in the Middle East. 1984Times 5 Nov. 13/2 There was no grandiose career ‘gameplan’. |