go to bat for

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   帮助（或支持）某人

   to give sb help and support

   I'll go to bat for him anytime.

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• We went to bat for you. Now you won't play ball with us.The Apartment1960
• They went to bat for me.Front of the Class2008
• I'll go to bat for him anytime.Saboteur1942
• And l want you to know that tomorrow, the city of New York is going to go to bat for you.The Taking of Pelham 1232009
• Nervous, gangly, barely able to hold the pine, Little advances to the box. He's going to bat from the right.Chicken Little2005
• Or are they gonna go all Norman Bates?Come from Away2021
• Your detective told you he couldn't come right back because he was going to question Norman Bates' mother, right?Psycho1960
• - Come on. Give me one little peek, we'll go to the batting cages. - No.Good Will Hunting1997

在完整场景里学

• 桃色公寓1960
  • 打电话帮上司换公寓：throw a monkey wrench（打乱计划）
  • 上司拿票换钥匙：out of hand（失控）
  • 散场后大厅聊到档案：go to waste（白白浪费掉）
• 叫我第一名2008
  • 求职面试争取一个机会：elephant in the room（避而不谈的事）
  • 怪叫抽搐惹毛全家：drive someone nuts（把某人逼疯）
  • 童年抽动被误解：at the end of one's rope（走投无路）
• 远道而来2021
  • 咖啡馆里传来紧急命令：a lay of the land（摸清情况）
  • 客机迫降甘德小镇：shaking like a leaf（抖得像片叶子）
  • 小镇宣布紧急状态：a state of emergency（紧急状态）

同一词条的短语

• like a bat out of hell
• off your own bat
• blind as a bat
• right off the bat
• bat your eyes
• bat a thousand
• not bat an eyelid
• bat around