inning
US /ˈɪn.ɪŋ/
UK /ˈɪn.ɪŋ/
1.
局
a division of a baseball or softball game during which each team has a turn at bat, completed when three outs are recorded against each team
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The home team scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game.
主隊在第九局下半局得了三分，贏得了比賽。
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We're in the seventh inning now, and the score is tied.
我們現在在第七局，比分持平。
2.
時機, 時期
a period during which a person or group is in a position of power or influence
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It's the new CEO's inning to make significant changes.
現在是新任首席執行官做出重大改變的時機。
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After years of struggle, it's finally their inning to shine.
經過多年的奮鬥，終於輪到他們大放異彩的時候了。