English in the News--Step Up to the Plate 準備上場，著手行動

04/13/21 • 6 min

1) To move into batting position, to move next to the home plate in order to bat

進入打擊位置,走到本壘板旁邊準備打擊

2) To come forward and take responsibility for something; to take action when something needs to be done, even though it’s difficult

挺身而出,接受責任; 需要有行動的時候,就算很困難,仍然開始行動

1) To move into batting position, to move next to the home plate in order to bat

進入打擊位置,走到本壘板旁邊準備打擊

2) To come forward and take responsibility for something; to take action when something needs to be done, even though it’s difficult

挺身而出,接受責任; 需要有行動的時候,就算很困難,仍然開始行動

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Have one's back against (to) the wall--陷入困境

To be in a bad or high-pressure situation in which one's choice or ability to act is limited; to have very serious problems that limit the ways in which you can act 面臨糟糕的情境,可以採取的對應措施極少(背抵著牆,沒有退路。)