slowball

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pitch that is not a fastball or curveball; often a change-up.
  2. Steady, cautionary behavior as a delaying tactic.
    — “We imagine that the Russians and the Chinese are going to play slowball here,” said a senior official involved in the sanctions talks.
  3. An easy or obvious target.
    — Remember: In work problems, use your common sense to narrow down answer choices! Now we're going to throw a "slowball" at you.
动词 v.
  1. To pitch a slowball.
  2. To delay something for personal advantage.
    — A prolonged study is frequently a method of slowballing an investigation until the Senators or Congress who are interested pass from the political scene.

词形变化

slowballs plural slowballs present,singular,third-person slowballing participle,present slowballed participle,past slowballed past

词汇关系

相关词
slow-walk

词源

词源 1
From slow + ball.
词源 2
From slow + ball.
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