base /beɪs/► SEE ALLoff baseget to first base (with sb/sth)touch base (with sb) ●off ˈbase (NAmE, informal) 1.completely wrong about sth大错特错◆You’re way off base with that guess. 你的猜测一点也不对。2.unprepared毫无准备地；冷不防地◆The question caught her off base. 这个问题让她措手不及。NOTE In baseball, a base is one of the four positions that a player must reach in order to score points. * base 指棒球运动中的垒。●get to first ˈbase (with sb/sth) ( reach/make first ˈbase (with sb/sth)) (informal, especially NAmE) successfully complete the first stage of sth成功地完成第一阶段；顺利做完第一步◆The project hasn’t even reached first base yet. Why all this delay?这个项目的第一阶段都还没完成，为什么这么拖拉？NOTE This idiom comes from baseball. First base is the first of four positions (= bases) that a player must reach in order to score points.这个习语源于棒球。first base 指“一垒”。●touch ˈbase (with sb) (informal) make contact with sb again再度（跟某人）联系◆She travels to Boston every week to touch base with her office.她每周去波士顿与同事们联络感情。◆I spent an hour or two sending emails and touching base with my friends.我花了一两个小时发送电子邮件以便与朋友们联系。