ballpark

英 ['b??lpɑ?k] 美['b?lpɑrk]

復(fù)數(shù):?ballparks;

ballpark (n.): "baseball stadium," 1899, from (base)ball + park (n.). Figurative sense of "acceptable range of approximation" first recorded 1954, originally in the jargon of atomic weapons scientists, perhaps originally referring to area within which a missile was expected to return to earth; the reference is to broad but reasonably predictable dimensions.
The result, according to the author's estimate, is a stockpile equivalent to one billion tons of TNT. Assuming this estimate is "in the ball park," clearly there is valid reason for urging candor on the part of our government. [Ralph E. Lapp, "Atomic Candor," in "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists," October 1954]

1. Ballpark estimates indicate a price tag of $90 million a month.: 大致的估計費用為每月9,000萬美元。

2. This puts them in the ballpark and makes them a major player.: 這使他們得以參加其中并成為主要競爭者。

3. The offers for the contract were all in the same ballpark .: 本合同的所有開價均在同一范圍內(nèi)。

4. I can't give you anything more than just sort of a ballpark figure.: 我只能給你一個大概的數(shù)字。

5. As a general investigative agency, they're not in the same ballpark as the FBI.: 作為一個普通調(diào)查機構(gòu)，他們還不足以同聯(lián)邦調(diào)查局相提并論。