| 词汇 | drop-the-ball |
| 释义 | drop the ballidiom informal to make a mistake, especially by not taking action or dealing with something that should have been planned for: （尤指由于愚蠢或粗心）犯错误 For God's sake don't drop the ball on this - we're relying on you.千万不要搞砸了，我们就靠你了！ The government has dropped the ball, he says, and should have seen this coming. I'll freely admit to dropping the ball on this occasion but I'll fix it. Making mistakes balls balls (something) up blunder blunderingly bodge making misdiagnose misdiagnosis misdirect misdirection misremember misrender misstate mistake mistranscribe stumbling stumblingly to err is human (to forgive divine).idiom trip (someone) up uncorrectable drop the ball | American Dictionarydrop the ballidiom to fail to keep working to reach a goal: Public schools have dropped the ball when it comes to teaching kids about art and music. |
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