pitching
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you pitch something somewhere, you throw it with some force, usually aiming it carefully. 投擲
Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake. 西蒙把空瓶子投進(jìn)湖里。
2. V-T In the game of baseball, when you pitch the ball, you throw it to the batter for them to hit it. 投 (球) 給擊球手
We passed long, hot afternoons pitching a baseball. 我們以打棒球來(lái)消磨一個(gè)個(gè)漫長(zhǎng)的炎熱午后。
3. V-T/V-I To pitch somewhere means to fall forwards suddenly and with a lot of force. (向前) 跌倒
The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward. 突然的移動(dòng)讓他猝不及防，向前跌倒。
Alan staggered sideways, pitched head-first over the low wall and fell into the lake. 艾倫兩側(cè)搖晃著，一頭栽過(guò)矮墻，掉進(jìn)湖里。
4. V-T If someone is pitched into a new situation, they are suddenly forced into it. 迫使進(jìn)入 (一種新的處境)
They were being pitched into a new adventure in which they would have to fight the whole world. 他們當(dāng)時(shí)正被脅迫參與到一次不得不與整個(gè)世界抗衡的新冒險(xiǎn)中。
5. N the degree of elevation or depression 程度
6. N-UNCOUNT The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is. 音調(diào)
He raised his voice to an even higher pitch. 他將嗓門提得更高了。
7. V-T If a sound is pitched at a particular level, it is produced at the level indicated. 使 (音調(diào))達(dá)到(指定水準(zhǔn))[usu passive]
His cry is pitched at a level that makes it impossible to ignore. 他哭聲之大讓人不可能置若罔聞。
His voice was pitched high, the words muffled by his crying. 他的嗓門提得很高，說(shuō)的話都被他的叫喊聲壓得聽不清了。
8. →see also high-pitched
9. V-T If something is pitched at a particular level or degree of difficulty, it is set at that level. 給…設(shè)定水平 (或難度)
While this is very important material I think it's probably pitched at too high a level for our students. 盡管這是個(gè)很重要的材料，但我認(rèn)為它的難度太大，不適合我們的學(xué)生。
10. N-SING If something such as a feeling or a situation rises to a high pitch, it rises to a high level. (感情或形勢(shì)等的) 程度
The public's feelings were at a high pitch of indignation. 公眾的憤怒情緒達(dá)到了極點(diǎn)。
11. V-T If someone pitches an idea for something such as a new product, they try to persuade people to accept the idea. 力薦(某主張)
My agent has pitched the idea to my editor in New York. 我的代理人已向我在紐約的編輯力薦這個(gè)想法。
12. N-COUNT A pitch is an area of ground that is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey. 比賽場(chǎng)地[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]
...a football pitch. …一個(gè)足球場(chǎng)。
He was the fastest thing I ever saw on a baseball field. 他是我見過(guò)的在棒球場(chǎng)上跑得最快的家伙。
13. N any of various heavy dark viscid substances obtained as a residue from the distillation of tars 瀝青→see alsocoal-tar pitch
14. V to apply pitch to (something) 用瀝青覆蓋(某物)
15. PHRASE If someone makes a pitch for something, they try to persuade people to do or buy it. 游說(shuō)
The president speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic programme. 總統(tǒng)今天在紐約發(fā)表講話，再一次游說(shuō)他的經(jīng)濟(jì)計(jì)劃。
16. →see also sales pitch
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