left field

英 [ˌleft ˈfiːld]

美 [ˌleft ˈfiːld]

n.  左外场; 左场手位置; 离奇古怪的看法(或意见); 怪诞的态度(或立场)

牛津词典

noun

• 左外场；左场手位置
  the left part of the field, or the position played by the person who is there
• 离奇古怪的看法（或意见）；怪诞的态度（或立场）
  an opinion or a position that is strange or unusual and a long way from the normal position
  1. The governor is way out/over in left field .
     州长的看法怪得出了格。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 古怪；乖张；不同寻常
  If you say that someone or something has comeout of left fieldor isout in left field, you mean that they are untypical, unusual, or strange in some way.
  1. The question came out of left field, but Mary Ann wasn't really surprised...
     问题虽然问得有点怪，但玛丽·安并不觉得惊讶。
  2. He is, like most theorists, out there in left field, ignoring the experimental evidence.
     一如大多数理论家般，他想法古怪，行事出人意表，竟对实验得来的证据置之不理。
• ADJ-GRADED 有点怪的；有些不同寻常的
  Left-fieldmeans slightly odd or unusual.
  1. ...a left-field cabaret act...
     怪诞的夜总会歌舞表演
  2. Her parents were creative and left-field and wanted Polly to become a singer or a truck driver.
     波莉的父母想法新奇怪异，竟希望她做歌星或是货车司机。

英英释义

noun

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate)
  Synonym:leftfield
• the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left
  1. the batter flied out to left
  Synonym:leftfieldleft

双语例句

• Business challenges in the IT sector can come from left field in a very short time, he said.
  在IT行业，我的竞争对手可能从很多细小的空间，并且在很短的时间发展而来。
• The bid came so far out of left field that some bankers thought it might be one of those hoaxes that market tricksters try on every now and again.
  该报价相当不合情理，一些银行家认为，这可能是市场骗子时常使用的骗术之一。
• On the contrary, the control group had a balance error ratio in middle and right visual field, and the error ratio of left visual field was the lowest, only 3.37%.
  对照组则完全相反，右视野和中视野的错误率基本均衡，左视野的错误率最低，仅达3.37%。
• He whacked the ball into left field.
  他用力把球击入左外野。
• He saw the hole in their left field.
  他看见了他们左外野有漏洞。
• Swung on and a deep, deep drive to left field.
  击中，一记直球深入左外野。
• Right-handed batters usually hit to left field.
  右撇子击球手把球打到左外野。
• Left court player my left hand; left center field; on the left when facing downstream; on the left bank.
  （双打）在左场区接发球的球员我的左手；左中外场；面朝下游时在左边；在左岸。
• It was one of those things that seemed like a slightly left-of-field thing to do, and it turned out it was probably a bit too far left of field, he said.
  它是那种好像有点奇怪的事情，结果证明它可能有点太奇怪了，他说。
• Then I could only return it as a flat-shot, an easy opportunity for you to slice again. The batter hit a line drive to left field for a single.
  然后我只能回击一个平击球，对你来说那是一个再打斜射球的好机会。击球手击出一支左外野平飞球。