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一个客户给我发了寄样品的邮件，末尾有这样一句话：Lets see if we could get this ball on the roll.大致意思我理解，但具体怎么翻译？求高手给个建议。谢谢！
[ 本帖最后由 QTQ 于 2012-8-9 20:59 编辑 ]
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今天高手休息了
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看看这笔生意可不可以商谈。
注：get ball on the roll 表示使(某活动、谈话)开始起来，开始某种活动。
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同意楼上的 就是看看是否可以合作
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貌似可以，谢谢！客户是南非的，这个短语百度不到，在邮件中竟然使用那么生僻的短语。
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get the ball rolling and set the ball rolling; start the ball rolling
Fig. to get a process started. (See also keep the ball rolling) If I could just get the ball rolling, then other people would help. Who else would start the ball rolling? I had the ball rolling, but no one helped me with the project.
See also: ball, get, roll
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
get the ball rolling also start the ball rolling
to begin something ，We've been trying to get the ball rolling on construction of a new playground. She was hoping that a meeting with senior managers would get the ball rolling.
See also: ball, get, roll
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms Copyright Cambridge University Press 2003. Reproduced with permission.
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很专业，很详细。非常感谢！
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