有一句英語不解.”softball question”

sb was actually pivoting away from a softball question.某人正在迴避一條無關痛癢的問題.首先,pivot away from解作擺脫,迴避.例句:Make a pass as you pivot away from the defense.在擺脫對方守衛的同時作出傳球.而softball question的意思是指一些抓不住重點,無關痛癢的問題.這是一個美式俚語,一般字典是查不到的,要查一些例如美式慣用語詞典才可查到.

soft ball question是指一些容易回答的問題
以下是Online Etymology Dictionary的解釋
softball
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baseball of larger than usual size, used in a scaled-down version of the game, 1914, from soft ball. The game itself so called from 1926, earlier known as playground baseball. The word earlier was a term in sugar candy making (1894). Softball question, one that is easy to answer, is attested from 1976.
可能softball壘球的球比棒球的球大，故比較容易接，故softball question就指容易迎接的問題
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2008-10-05 20:53:07 補充：
朋友，其實樓上的朋友們都已盡力回答，所以對他們毋須太過嚴厲指責！

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