| 词汇 | hardball |
| 释义 | hardball noun[ U ] uk /ˈhɑːd.bɔːl/ us /ˈhɑːrd.bɑːl/ the game of baseball, which is played with a small hard ball: There is a big difference between a friendly game of softball in the park and professional hardball. Compare softball Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac solo spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play swing Idiomplay hardball hardball | Business Englishhardball noun[ U ] uk /ˈhɑːdbɔːl/us a method that is forceful, determined, and often unpleasant: hardball approach/tactics Now the agency wants the money back - and is prepared to play hardball to get it, holding out the threat of criminal prosecution. Examples of hardballhardball It is time to play hardball. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is equipped with four picnic tables, one charcoal grill, a backstop for adult softball or youth hardball, and playground equipment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hardball cools down shortly afterwards using his powers to join in the festivities. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Crime, punishment, morality and hardball politics make for an explosive narrative mix all their own. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Last year, the organization held 30 championship events for juniors, adults, hardball, and doubles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hardball steers them away from discovering his mission by leaving a note hinting that they should take a look at the labs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Though hardball squash is no longer a very popular game for singles play, the hardball doubles game continues to thrive. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although softballs had been introduced in 1915 the leather hardball game was the prestige event of handball until the 1950s, winning five hardball titles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is a hardball-like diamond on the other side, however, it rarely gets used and only for the youth tournaments. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. From 1907 until 1994, the national championship was contested through hardball squash. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For the first time in his career he was willing to play political hardball to see it through. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fairchild also played hardball to help his circulation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Nimick was president of the professional hardball squash association from 19881990, and executive director of the professional softball squash association from 19941999. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hardball is a talking-head style cable news show where the moderator advances opinions on a wide range of topics, focusing primarily on current political issues. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was the dominant player on the hardball squash circuit throughout the 1970s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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