The Amateur Softball Association's roster of umpires has declined to 57,000.

业余垒球协会的裁判员名单上的人数减少到了5.7万人。

When we are fielding, the umpires keep looking at the ball.

当我们在防守时，裁判们都盯紧了球。

Referees are called umpires in both.

裁判在两者中的称呼也完全相同。

I see upset umpires.

我看到生气的裁判。

Don't complain about the referees and umpires.

不要抱怨裁判员。

So he asked the umpires about it in the second inning.

所以第二局时托瑞老爹要求裁判检查。

Even in baseball, umpires have discretion in calling strikes.

即使在棒球比赛中，裁判员在击球时要做出判断。

Umpires have been around for 600 years and about 300 years in sport.

umpire存在了600年，进入体育领域已有300年之久。

Arcing balls are inclined to mislead umpires to incorrect judgements.

弧线球易使裁判产生错误判断。

The umpires cooperation is an important work for judging the curling games.

冰壶运动裁判员之间的协作能力是冰壶裁判工作的一个重要环节。

But before they were umpires the title came to English from French and it was noumpere.

umpire作为裁判的头衔由法语来到英语，原来写作noumpere。

In the case of extremely long delays, the umpires may forfeit the match to either team.

如果出现极长的延误，裁判可以剥夺任意一方的比赛资格。

Assaults on umpires or even biting off an opponent's ear are considered humorous by some fans.

有些狂热的家伙还会觉得攻击裁判，甚至把对手的耳朵咬下来的行为挺有趣的。

In an issue as complex as climate change, the country badly needs smart, fair umpires, and the media can play that role.

在这种像气候变化一样复杂的问题上，国家迫切需要智慧而又公正的裁判，而媒体恰好可以扮演这个角色。

If the system is used in the proper way to train umpires, we can look at this and see if there's some kind of flaw.

如果我们合理地运用该系统来培训裁判员，就能通过该系统发现存在的缺陷。

In a vehicle to the rear of the bus, the driver was shot dead and one of the game's umpires was shot and wounded in the back.

跟在大巴后面的一辆汽车的司机被击毙，同时，坐在后排的一名比赛裁判员也被击中受伤。

There's no running bases, no arguing with the umpires, no catching, and no field goals. We're not sure about that last one...

游戏中没有运行的基地，没有与裁判的争吵，我们不确定最后一项。

There will be no arguing with umpires or outward signs of disappointment. On the contrary, a remark such as " The best man own!"

他不会与裁判争执或表面上露出失望的迹象，相反，他会把“最棒的人赢了”之类的话抛向大家。

Perhaps we should give judges as much discretion as the umpires. Punishments should be based on the nature of the crimes, not the number.

也许我们应该给法官像裁判员一样的很多的慎重。处罚应根据犯罪的性质，而不是数量。

But the traveling salesman's predicament pales in comparison to figuring out the best ways to get four-man crews of umpires to every major league baseball game.

不过流动业务员的困境相比于四人为一组要去到每个大联盟棒球赛场的裁判员来说，就是小巫比大巫了。

Even in base ball, umpires have discretion in calling strikes. The umpire rules whether the pitch was on the corner or whether the batter checked his swing.

甚至在恶劣的球中，裁判员酌情呼吁停止。而裁判规则，不论是草地的角落，或是击球手是否检查他的摆幅。

Playing to the referee does not always require such subterfuge. In baseball, umpires are supposed to call balls and strikes based on where a ball crosses home plate.

欺骗裁判不一定都得用这样的花招，在棒球比赛中，司球裁判的作用是根据投手投出的球飞过本垒的位置来判断好球、坏球和三振。

Referees are called umpires in both. “I see them as blood brothers, separated at birth but genetically linked, ” writes Mr Engel in the catalogue’s introduction.

恩格尔就在展览的目录中写道：在我眼中，它们是同宗血缘的兄弟，虽然年幼被迫分离，但血缘不会改变。

We modern, urban, educated folks yell at traffic and umpires and bills and Banks and machines-especially machines. Machines and relatives get most of the yelling.

我们这些现代城市里的受过良好教育的人啊，常对交通状况、运动场上的裁判、银行单据和机器叫嚷——特别是机器，机器和亲人是被叫嚷得最多的对象。

Restaurants must display health inspection certificates in order to serve food, and umpires and referees need to demonstrate the skills necessary to oversee sporting events.

饭馆必须悬挂健康检查证书才能提供食物。裁判员需要证明他们具有监督比赛的能力。