| 单词 | in the zone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the zone colloquial (originally U.S. Sport). A state of perfect concentration leading to optimum mental or physical performance. Chiefly with the, esp. in in the zone. ΚΠ 1976 San Francisco Chron. 27 Oct. 47/1 Tennis players speak reverently of the mystical atmospheric condition known as ‘The Zone’. Passing shots chip away at the lines, first serves pop in and mistakes simply don't materialize. Arthur Ashe's experience in The Zone during his last Wimbledon championship bordered on the surreal. 1990 New Age Jrnl. Apr. 119/1 Performers, surgeons, or creative artists..find that most important parts of their lives occur when they are ‘in the zone’. 1995 Denver Post 5 Mar. b10/1 Kitt is in a zone, one of those feel-I-can't-lose mind-sets that can propel an athlete to a series of successes. 1997 K. Loggins & J. Loggins Unimaginable Life vii. 253 I feel ideas for the ceremony are pouring out of me and this is the best writing I've done in a long time. After all these years as a writer, I can tell when I'm in the zone, and this is the zone. < as lemmas |
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