| 单词 | inning |
| 释义 | inning noun[C] uk/ˈɪn.ɪŋ/us/ˈɪn.ɪŋ/one of the nineplayingperiodsin agameofbaseball （棒球中的）局，回合Baseball & rounders
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Parts & stages of competitions inning| American Dictionaryinning noun[C] us/ˈɪn·ɪŋ/anumberedperiodofplayin agameofbaseballin which bothteamsbat(=trytohittheball), or one team’sturntobatin one of theseperiods: Clevelandscoredthreetimesin the ninth inning. Examplesofinninginning Reasonable people might disagree whether someone had her fair innings. From theCambridge English Corpus On an alternative view, a person's claim on resources steadily diminishes the longer she lives: she has had more of a fair innings. From theCambridge English Corpus There is an allotted number of innings, a life span if you will, but the duration of a baseball game is not fixed. From theCambridge English Corpus There are surely opportunities also that we are only beginningto understand. From theCambridge English Corpus Note also that fair innings arguments are usually put forward in the context of the distribution of resources for saving or extending lives. From theCambridge English Corpus Up to that point they have equal entitlement to healthcare; beyond the fair innings they are given very low priority. From theCambridge English Corpus The older person is saved for certain, although she already had her fair innings. From theCambridge English Corpus But if a person has had her fair innings, saving her has strictly smaller value (perhaps none at all). From theCambridge English Corpus When they reach 70, they had their fair innings, and the remaining years are "bonus time". From theCambridge English Corpus There is, however, another way of interpreting the notion of fair innings. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, for any given baseball game it is possible that the game, or even the firstinning, last for an entire year. From theCambridge English Corpus In baseball, it is aninningvictory for a team to get three opponent hitters out without scoring. From theCambridge English Corpus As a person grows older, she approaches or reaches her "fair share" of life - her fair innings. From theCambridge English Corpus A metaphysics to ponder between innings. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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