Question of the Day #244

"Mueller probes Ukrainian who pitched peace plan to White House"
From the headline of this article at Politico.

上記の文で、pitchの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "pitch" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎の訳の中で最も適切なのは、


売り込む

Answer

There are quite a few definitions at Merriam-Webster, but I think this is the best for this example:

to present or advertise especially in a high-pressure way

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

現代の商業広告で使用されるsales pitch（売り込み）は、米英語で1943年から。おそらく、野球用語から。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

Sales pitch in the modern commercial advertising sense is from 1943, American English, perhaps from the baseball sense.

Examples

• She pitched her idea to me over a business lunch.
• They are pitching for business at the moment.
• ‘I've been pitching for this account for over a month’
• ‘they pitched the story to various magazines and newspapers’
• I have a great idea I would like to present to my boss. I set a meeting to pitch the idea.