Word · Frequency #17128
Fully loadedballgame
另一回事;全新的局面
a situation that is completely different from the one that existed before
通常用于 a whole new ballgame 短语中
- 1.
n. a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
(美)棒球运动
(美)棒球运动
In use
After I graduated, managing my own money was a whole new ballgame.
Communicating by email is a different ballgame from talking in person.
Working from home has become an entirely new ballgame for our team.
a whole new ballgame
这里的 ballgame 是比喻用法,指“局面、情况”;a whole new ballgame 表示与之前截然不同。
After the merger, the market is a whole new ballgame.
合并之后,市场竞争完全是另一番局面。
be a different ballgame from sth
用 from 引出被比较的对象,说明两件事性质不同。
Running a small shop is a different ballgame from managing a large corporation.
经营小店与管理大公司完全是两回事。
not be the same ballgame as sth
这个否定结构用来强调两种情况的差别很大。
Connections
Collocations
- a whole new ballgame
- 全新的局面;另一回事
- After the merger, the company was a whole new ballgame.合并之后,这家公司完全变了一番天地。
- a different ballgame
- 另一码事;截然不同的情况
- Working for a big corporation is a different ballgame from running your own business.在大公司工作和自己创业完全是两码事。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a whole new ballgame
- 全新的局面;截然不同的情况After the merger, the company was a whole new ballgame.合并之后,公司的形势就完全是另一回事了。
- a different ballgame
- 另一回事;不同的局面Working from home is a different ballgame than working in an office.在家办公与在办公室办公是完全不同的情况。
- that's the ballgame
- 就这样了;到此为止We missed the deadline, so that's the ballgame.我们错过了最后期限,所以一切都结束了。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 ballgame 拆成 ball(球)+ game(比赛):棒球赛局一旦逆转,就成了“另一回事、全新局面”。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:everyday conversation、informal writing 这个义项多用于口语或非正式写作,常出现在‘a whole new ballgame’等搭配中,表示情况完全不同、是另一回事。字面意思虽与棒球比赛有关,但此处作为习语使用,语气比较轻松。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 ballgame 中 -game 的音 /ɡeɪm/ 押韵,并拼写为 -ame:game, same, name, flame, blame, shame。注意:balm (/bɑːm/)、calm (/kɑːm/) 等以 -alm 结尾的词看起来相似,但读音完全不同;ballgame 的首音节 ball 读 /bɔːl/,与 tall 押韵,而不是与 game 押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.