English Dictionary

go to bat

動詞

比喩的用法 慣用表現 通常 前置詞 for

(baseball) Be the individual or team that is currently batting; play offense. / (figuratively) Be aggressive, be assertive, actively pursue a goal or action.

日本語の意味

（野球）バッターとして攻撃する、打席に立つ / （比喩）積極的に支援し、目標に向かって果敢に行動する

In the bottom of the ninth, the cleanup hitter will go to bat with two runners on base.

9回裏、クリーンアップの打者は二人の走者を背に打席に立つ。

意味（1）

(baseball) Be the individual or team that is currently batting; play offense.

Turner hit to short right and took his first, and then his second by a wild throw of Winslow, but was trapped between second and third and put out by Stearns. Detroit thus retired without recording a tally, and the University again went to bat.

意味（2）

(figuratively) Be aggressive, be assertive, actively pursue a goal or action.

The fastest way to destroy one's credibility in Ottawa or anywhere else is to go to bat over something frivolous. I recall Dan McKenzie (Winnipeg South Centre) coming to see me with an article he'd picked up that said metrification would result in a ten-hour day. He even had a picture of the new clock.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, usually with for) Champion, actively assist, provide support (for someone).

If he had been guided along the path of righteousness and worked hard for honest people, “Ashie” would have been a good man. But he was, indeed, a victim of circumstances in that he went to bat for the wrong side.

goes to bat （ present singular third-person ）

going to bat （ participle present ）

went to bat （ past ）

gone to bat （ participle past ）