minor league

noun

1. （尤指棒球）职业球队小联盟
   a league of professional sports teams, especially in baseball , that play at a lower level than the major leagues

1. That September, another Chinese firm spent$ 3 million for an aging hotel across a nearby bridge with a view of the minor league ballpark.
   当年9月，在附近的一座桥对面，另一家中国公司又斥资300万美元，收购了一家可以俯瞰小联盟球场的老旅馆。
2. But this is minor league compared with what our colleague at an international news agency has been through.
   但是和我的一个国际新闻通讯社同事的经历相比，这种离别要舒心的多。
3. So why did Costner take the chance again on a minor league director, with a film that was expensive enough already-it was budgeted at$ 100 million when it started?
   那么，为什么科斯特纳在一部已花钱很多的影片上当它开拍时按预算拨款已高达1亿美元又冒险使用一个平庸的导演？
4. But you also recall that when he played in Minor League baseball, he wasn't viewed as a leader even in his own Minor League team.
   大家也还记得当他，效力于棒球小联盟时，他甚至都不被认为是队中的领导者。
5. He remembered back to a younger, happy, healthy life, when he exercised daily and even played minor league baseball for the Detroit Tigers.
   他回想起年轻时那快乐，健康的生活，那时他每天都要锻炼，甚至效力于底特律老虎队参加小联盟棒球赛。
6. Minor league teams play, metaphorically, "out in the bushes" away from big cities.
   而小球联的队则在大城市外面的灌木丛生的地方打球，当然这只是个比喻。
7. You have a lot of good, young players in your minor league system.
   洋基有许多好的年轻的球员在小联盟系统中。
8. Numerous major and minor league baseball games are played on Independence Day.
   许多大的小联盟棒球游戏制作自力日。
9. He is resigned to playing or a minor league team.
   他不得不去为一个不起眼的联赛球队效力。
10. He said that after a period of treatment and rest, Wang would have to resume throwing from the mound and then pitch in some minor league games.
    他在说在休息和复健之后，王建民将会在小联盟主投一些复健赛。
11. In professional baseball, a bush league is a "minor league", not a" major league "with first-rate players.
    在职业棒球运动中，一个灌木球联是个小球联而不是有着一级球员的大球联。
12. They were my fantasy minor league team when I was in high school.
    它是我高中时的心水球队。
13. Major cities have a professional football, baseball, basketball, or hockey team, while smaller towns make do with a high school, college, or minor league team.
    大城市有专业的美式足球队、棒球队、篮球队、或者曲棍球队，小城市则以高中队、大学队或小联队来代替。
14. According to multiple reports, the outfielder is not inclined to accept the Yankees'offer of a non-guaranteed Minor League contract, instead opting to wait for a guaranteed roster spot.
    根据许多报导指出，这名外野手倾向不接受洋基提供的小联盟合约，而选择等待正式名单的位置。
15. Jordan retired from the Chicago Bulls in nineteen ninety-four to play minor league baseball for one season.
    乔丹1994年从公牛队退休去美国职棒小联盟打了一个赛季。
16. The team is facing relegation to the minor league.
    球队正面临降人乙级队的危险。
17. Clemens would likely need a series of Minor League appearances in order to prepare for Major League action.
    火箭人可能需要在小联盟投几场球来为回到大联盟做准备。
18. Mourinho has worked minor miracles this season; he has another league cup to show for it, and soon we're off to Wembley for an FA Cup final.
    这赛季穆帅带来的奇迹只是稍微小了点；他已经收获了一支联赛杯，而且不久我们要前往温布利赴约足总杯决赛。
19. Hughes has elicited fear in Minor League hitters with his electric pitches.
    休斯以他的强力投球让小联盟的打者恐惧不已。
20. I mean, it's minor league.
    那不过是些小意思。
21. Costner yes, the one who is launching a minor league baseball team in Zion next year will precede Lambert on Saturday night with his country music outfit, Modern West.
    科斯特纳-是的，谁是在锡安推出小联盟棒球队明年-将在周六晚上之前与他的乡村音乐装备，现代西方兰伯特。

noun

1. a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)

   Synonym:    minorsbush league