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throw sb sth
名词 curveball 用于双宾语结构 throw sb sth，表示给对方一个意外或难题。
The interviewer threw the candidate a curveball.
面试官抛给了候选人一个曲线球。
曲线球
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
曲线球
curveball
The interviewer threw the candidate a curveball.
面试官抛给了候选人一个曲线球。
一种前旋投球,通过向下转动食指和中指投出,使球向下弯曲飞行。
A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
The pitcher's curveball broke sharply to the left, confusing the batter.
投手的曲线球向左急转，迷惑了击球手。
Learning to throw a good curveball requires months of practice.
要学会投出好的曲线球，需要数月的练习。
She threw two curveballs during the game, and both stayed inside the strike zone.
她在比赛中投了两个曲线球，两个都在好球带内。
名词 curveball 用于双宾语结构 throw sb sth，表示给对方一个意外或难题。
The interviewer threw the candidate a curveball.
面试官抛给了候选人一个曲线球。
与双宾语结构意思相近，但用介词 at 引出对象；with 可补充说明带来意外的具体事物。
She threw a curveball at me with that question.
她用那个问题朝我扔了一个曲线球。
这是 throw sb sth 的被动式，把承受意外的一方作为主语；by 后接造成意外的原因。
The team was thrown a curveball by the last-minute rule change.
球队被最后一刻的规则变化抛了一个曲线球。
Not this
He threw curveball at me.
Use this
He threw a curveball at me.
curveball 是可数名词单数，前面需要有冠词 a；缺少冠词会让名词短语不完整。
Not this
The pitcher threw me a lot of curveball.
Use this
The pitcher threw me a lot of curveballs.
curveball 是可数名词，a lot of 修饰可数名词时要用复数形式 curveballs。
Not this
He played a curveball.
Use this
He threw a curveball.
curveball 指投手投出的球，搭配动词应为 throw，而不是 play；用 play 会造成不自然的搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
投曲线球
The pitcher threw a curveball that dropped sharply.
投手投出了一个急剧下坠的曲线球。
曲线球握法
The coach showed me the correct curveball grip.
教练向我展示了正确的曲线球握法。
击中曲线球
He struggled to hit curveballs all season.
他整个赛季都很难击中曲线球。
曲线球发生偏转
His curveball breaks late and sharply.
他的曲线球在最后时刻急遽偏转。
挥棒打曲线球
He swung at a curveball and missed.
他挥棒打曲线球，没打中。
曲线球投手
She is one of the best curveball pitchers in the league.
她是联赛中最好的曲线球投手之一。
给某人出难题；让某人措手不及
The manager threw us a curveball when he changed the deadline to Friday.
经理把截止日期改到周五，打得我们措手不及。
生活给你出难题；世事难料
Life throws you a curveball just when you think everything is under control.
正当你以为一切尽在掌握时，生活却给你来个意外。
遇到突如其来的难题
I felt I got thrown a curveball when my flight was canceled.
航班取消时，我觉得自己遇到了突发状况。
我相信落点刁钻的曲线球、高纤维食品和好苏格兰威士忌。（出自电影《百万金臂》中的著名独白）
Her sudden resignation threw a curveball at the entire team.
她突然辞职，让整个团队措手不及。
生活总会给你来个意外（曲线球）。（英语常用习语，指突然出现的困难或挑战）
Losing his passport right before the trip was a curveball.
就在旅行前丢了护照，这真是个意外。
Use curveball naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 curveball 拆成 curve（弯曲）+ ball（球），想象投手投出的球划出一道弯曲的弧线，就是曲线球。
语域：neutral 常见场景：棒球比赛解说、体育新闻 curveball 通常指棒球投手投出的曲线球，属于棒球运动的常用名称，多用于比赛解说和体育报道等场景；使用时不带强烈正式或随意色彩，中性自然。
这些词都以 /ɔːl/ 结尾，与 curveball 末尾的 -ball 发音相同（curveball 读作 /ˈkɜːv.bɔːl/）。注意 curveball 开头的 curve 读 /kɜːrv/，因此 curl /kɜːrl/、curve /kɜːrv/ 并不与整个词押韵；bowl /boʊl/ 和 bull /bʊl/ 是形近异音词。
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