on the ball

基本解释

Keeping your eye on the ball remains the best advice.
保持你的眼睛在球上仍然是最好的建议。
Maybe then, I thought, I could find a way to prove I had something on the ball.
我想，那时候也许我就可以找到一个方法来证明我还是有两把刷子的。
When he is chasing the ball, he is very excited and happy with all his thoughts on the ball.
当他追赶球的时候，尽管他的思维很机灵，他是非常地兴奋和开心的。
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Some teams are more possession oriented, meaning a little bit more low pressure on the ball and more skillful players.
And then, on the top of 3, we get another example: "In other words we've got to get on the ball, darling, what I'm saying, otherwise it'll be fluctuating and lack of true knowledge or crystallization of our plans."
然后，在第三页上面，又有一个例子：,换句话说我们必须去这个舞会，亲爱的，我是说，不然就会变得波动又缺少真知识,或使我们的计划结晶化“
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There's just a kind of a stand and you put the ball on the stand and then you just hit it.
只有一个台子，你只需把球放在台上，然后击打它。
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But when he is really on the ball, he finds them a job at Microsoft.
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