Thanks for stepping up to the plate, Jay.

谢谢你挺身而出，杰。

The sporting world also stepped up to the plate.

体育界也开始行动起来。

Finally, Leo, with the rare lavender coat, steps up to the plate.

最终，穿着薰衣草色外衣的Leo走向了盘子。

Fifty men stepped up to the plate at the annual North American Wife-Carrying Championship.

50位男士在每年一度的北美“背老婆”大赛中接受了挑战。

Someone who steps up to the plate is ready to do his or her job.

一个人steps up to the plate，是说这人做好了工作的准备。

They need to step up to the plate and take care of our teachers and our children.

他们得行动起来关心我们的教师和孩子。

If the business has a skills shortage, you may be able to step up to the plate and fill that gap.

如果公司缺少技术人员，你就有能力填补这个空缺。

This is a very common expression: " Step up to the plate" .

这是一个很常见的表达方式：“站起来”。

The young men and young women that we serve are doing a tremendous job stepping up to the plate during this time of crisis.

我们这些服务的年轻人们做着一项伟大的工作，在这一危机时刻挺身而出。

Governments around the world must step up to the plate.

世界各国政府必须挺身而出。

Many organizations and institutions have already stepped up to the plate.

许多组织和机构已经加紧行动。

So, you're talking about stepping up to the plate and taking him down?

你是说 咱们应该行动起来 把他拿下?

So if we say somebody needs to step up to the plate that means somebody needs to face the challenge, face the difficult situation and take care of it basically.

因此，如果我们说有人需要挺身而出，那意味着有人需要面对挑战，面对困难的局面并从根本上解决问题。

But we always felt that there were other creatives of color that could have stepped up to the plate, ourselves included, between Paul and Jean and Janet and myself and Andrew.

但我们总觉得，在保罗、让、珍妮特、我自己和安德鲁之间，还有其他色彩创意人士可以加入进来，包括我们自己。