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pass the baton to sb
常用于比喻移交责任或权力。
After 20 years as CEO, she passed the baton to her successor.
担任首席执行官20年后，她把接力棒交给了继任者。
指挥棒
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
指挥棒
a thin stick that narrows toward one end, used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir
After 20 years as CEO, she passed the baton to her successor.
担任首席执行官20年后，她把接力棒交给了继任者。
仅指指挥乐队或合唱团用的指挥棒。
用于多种用途的棍棒或警棍。
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
指挥家用来指挥乐队或合唱团的细长棒
a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
元帅或类似高级军官的礼仪权杖。
A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
主要由警察使用的短而粗的棍棒
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
The conductor raised his baton, and the orchestra began to play.
指挥家举起指挥棒，管弦乐队开始演奏。
She tapped her baton on the stand to quiet the noisy musicians.
她用指挥棒敲了敲谱架，让吵闹的乐手们安静下来。
My grandfather keeps his old baton in a special wooden box.
我祖父把他那根旧指挥棒放在一个特别的木盒里。
常用于比喻移交责任或权力。
After 20 years as CEO, she passed the baton to her successor.
担任首席执行官20年后，她把接力棒交给了继任者。
比喻接替他人承担起某项职责或使命。
It is time for the younger generation to take up the baton.
现在该由年轻一代接过接力棒了。
用于音乐演出，表示由某人担任指挥。
The orchestra performed under the baton of a renowned conductor.
乐团在一位著名指挥家的指挥下演出。
Not this
He used baton for self-defense.
Use this
He used a baton for self-defense.
baton 是可数名词，单数前需要加不定冠词 a；中文没有冠词概念，容易漏掉。
Not this
He struck the man by a baton.
Use this
He struck the man with a baton.
表示使用工具或手段时，英语用介词 with，不用 by；by 一般用于被动语态引出动作施动者。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
指挥棒
The conductor raised his baton to begin the symphony.
指挥家举起指挥棒开始演奏交响乐。
在……的指挥下
The orchestra performed under the baton of the famous maestro.
这支管弦乐队在著名大师的指挥下演出。
交接接力棒；传承
The coach taught the runner how to pass the baton smoothly.
教练教运动员如何顺利交接接力棒。
接任；接棒
She took up the baton as the new project leader.
她接任为新项目负责人。
持警棍驱散
Police prepared for a baton charge to disperse the crowd.
警察准备进行警棍冲击以驱散人群。
防暴弹
The police fired baton rounds at the protesters.
警察向抗议者发射了防暴弹。
传递接力棒；移交职责
After a decade as CEO, she passed the baton to her successor.
担任首席执行官十年后，她把接力棒交给了继任者。
接过接力棒；承担职责
It is time for the new generation to take up the baton.
是时候让新一代接过接力棒了。
掉棒；未能接续工作
The team dropped the baton in the final stage of the project.
团队在项目的最后阶段掉了棒。
Use baton naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
baton 音似“巴顿”，想象巴顿将军手挥指挥棒带领队伍，记住“棒”的意思。
语域：neutral 常见场景：orchestral rehearsals、conducting lessons、concert performances 作“指挥棒”讲时，baton 属于中性标准用词，通常用于管弦乐团排练、音乐教学或正式演出等场合；日常口语中较少使用。
真正与 baton /bəˈtɑn/ 押韵的词（美式读音）包括 on /ɑn/、con /kɑn/、swan /swɑn/。注意：拼写以 -ton 结尾的常用词如 cotton /ˈkɑtən/、button /ˈbʌtən/、mutton /ˈmʌtən/ 并不与其押韵，它们的 -ton 读作 /tən/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.