In modern football, it is difficult to get in behind the opposition defence, as teams are often very compact at the back with eight or nine players behind the ball.

6“在现代足球当中，很难撕破对方防线，因为球队通常在后场有8到9名球员的密集防守。

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You can work out, you can do all the shots and skill work, and you're still behind the eight-ball because there's no playing.

您还可以解决所有投篮和技巧工作，并且您还是在八球之后因为没有演奏。

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Nancy was behind the eight ball in her english exam because she was too nervous to remember the vocabularies she had studied.

南希在英语考试中受到挫折，因为她紧张的记不起背过的单词。

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Our one-day thinking for years has been behind the eight-ball.

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Clearly, Blankfein meant to portray himself as committed to searching for a fair bipartisan solution, warning that the US will be behind the eight-ball if our creditors stop buying 10 year treasuries at a yield of 1.71%.

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When I was named, everyone understood I was behind the eight-ball in trying to get talented players immediately.

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