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词汇 baton
释义
idiombatontake/pick up the batonto start doing something that someone else has begun, after they stop doing it:The provincial students scaled down their protests, leaving the city campuses to take up the baton.ICL picked up the baton and brought parallel processing into the mainstream for computer users.hand/pass on the baton: It is the process of socialization of children that allows us to hand on the baton to the next generation.
Note A baton is a short stick that is passed from one runner to the next in a relay race (=a race in which a team of runners run one at a time).

hand over the baton

To bestow a particular responsibility or job to someone. The phrase refers to a relay race in which one runner literally passes a baton to the next runner. I have so much work to do now that my boss has retired and handed over the baton to me.

hand on the baton

To bestow one's responsibility or job upon someone else. An allusion to a relay race in which one runner literally hands a baton to the next runner. I have so much work to do now that my boss has retired and handed on the baton to me.

pass on the baton

To bestow one's responsibility or job upon someone else. An allusion to a relay race in which one runner literally hands a baton to the next runner. I have so much work to do now that my boss has retired and passed on the baton to me.

pass the baton

To bestow one's responsibility or job upon someone else. An allusion to a relay race in which one runner literally hands a baton to the next runner. I have so much work to do now that my boss has retired and passed the baton to me.

under the baton of

Of a choir or orchestra, being conducted by (someone). It was great being under the baton of my old instructor again for our winter performance.

pass the baton

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hand over the baton

If you pass the baton or hand over the baton to someone, you give them responsibility for something. Does this mean that the baton of leadership is going to be passed to other nations? Last year, he handed over the baton to his younger colleague. Note: You can also say that you pick up the baton, meaning that you take over responsibility for something from someone else. Now, Colin's son, Clive, has picked up the baton and the company has a bright future. Note: In a relay race, team members pass on a baton as they finish running their stage of the race.

pass (or hand) on the baton

hand over a particular duty or responsibility.
In athletics, the baton is the short stick or rod passed from one runner to the next in a relay race. The related phrases pick up or take up the baton mean ‘accept a duty or responsibility’. Compare with hand on the torch (at torch).

under the baton of

(of an orchestra or choir) conducted by.
The baton here is the rod used by the conductor.
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