| 单词 | a new ball game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa new (different, etc.) ball game 2. figurative. Originally and chiefly U.S. A state of affairs, a continuing activity; a contest. Frequently in a new (different, etc.) ball game: a situation in which new factors come into play. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > state of affairs or situation > in which new factors come into play ball game1931 1931 M. Bodenheim Naked on Roller Skates 127 Ain' no double plays coming off in this ballgame, chicken. 1955 Fortune Aug. 78 (title) Retailing: it's a new ball game. 1961 Wall St. Jrnl. 24 July 1 And, perhaps most serious of all in the long run, ‘a whole new ball game in Algeria,’ as one observer here puts it, referring to the disturbing effect the new trouble is likely to have on peace talks now going on. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 9/4 ‘Then it will look like a different ball game,’ he said. ‘We might see these recent attacks as a kind of last gasp.’ 1970 TV Guide (U.S.) 3 Jan. A-1 At the half time it's NBC ahead in the network ratings ball game on every count—NBC says. 2007 Archit. Rec. (Nexis) 1 Apr. 46 It's a whole new ball game: museums that function as cultural centers for the community. < as lemmas |
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