first base

英 [ˌfɜːst ˈbeɪs]

美 [ˌfɜːrst ˈbeɪs]

n.  一垒

习惯用语

n.

not get to first base (with sth/sb)
• （工程、关系等）未能顺利开始，未能跨出第一步
  to fail to make a successful start in a project, relationship, etc.; to fail to get through the first stage

牛津词典

noun

• 一垒
  the first of the bases that players must touch
  1. He didn't make it past first base.
     他未能跑过一垒。

英英释义

noun

• the initial stage in accomplishing something
  1. we didn't get to first base with that approach
• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
  Synonym:first
• the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball

双语例句

• Suppose Sam falls in love with Betty. Can he even get to first base with her?
  假如萨姆爱上了贝蒂，贝蒂会给他机会吗？
• Andy, I am a construction engineer working with the Show Company and right now I am working at Shandong Nuclear Power Plant, the first base of nuclear reactor here has been excavated now.
  安迪，我是美国邵尔公司施工工程师，目前在山东核电厂工作，这里的第一个核反应堆的基础已经开挖。
• Playing first base, though, is another story.
  那在一垒守备呢？恐怕又是另外一回事。
• The construction of Zhenhai, China's first base, is almost complete.
  中国的第一个基地圳海的建设几乎完成。
• Here's a throw to first base, and Ross is out.
  球扔向一垒，罗斯出局了。
• By the time he reached first base, the right fielder had the ball.
  等他到达一垒时，右外野手已经接到球了。
• To go to first base after the pitcher has thrown four balls.
  四个坏球就允许击球员自由上垒。
• Indeed, we never even made it past first base on the moon, which is a feeble effort by cosmic standards& like chucking tin cans across the backyard.
  实际上，我们的成就甚至从来也没有超越第一个月球基地，这和征服宇宙的标准相比，实在是太过渺小了，就象是在后院扔了一个镀锡的白铁罐一样。
• However, we can be certain that if the program doesn't hit the first base case it will at least hit the second one when it gets to the end of the list.
  不过，我们可以断言，如果程序不能达到第一个基线条件，那么当它到达列表末尾时至少能达到第二个基线条件。
• He can't see first base from home plate.
  他从本垒板连一垒都看不清。