ball game

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT Ball games are games that are played with a ball such as tennis, baseball, and football. 球類運動; 球賽[usu pl]
2. N-COUNT A ball game is a baseball game. 棒球運動; 棒球賽[美國英語]
I'd still like to go to a ball game. 我還是想去看一場棒球賽。
3. N-SING You can use ball game to describe any situation or activity, especially one that involves competition. (尤指競爭性的)侷麪或活動[journalism] [口語]
Two of his biggest competitors are out of the ball game. 他最大的兩個勁敵出侷了。
4. If you say that a situation is a whole new ball game, you mean that it is completely different from, or much more difficult than, the previous situation or any situation that you have experienced before. 與之前完全不同或更爲睏難的侷麪或形勢
He finds himself faced with a whole new ball game. 他發現自己麪對著一個全新的侷勢。