be on to something
基本解释
- 认识到重要意义；会产生重要结果
英汉例句
- Snyder might be on to something.
斯奈德可能将要发生什么。 - In a prophetic moment, an electronics workshop teacher told him that the person who combined computers with wireless would be on to something big.
好像是注定的一样，一次电子工厂的师傅告诉他，能将电脑通过无线连接起来的人会成为个伟大的人。 - Skeptics notwithstanding, the Beatles could well be on to something fruitful again, which may find expression in who knows what strange new musical forms.
尽管还有人对此表示怀疑，但是披头士终于又可以再次进行大量的创作了，可能又会发现新奇的音乐表现方式。 - I wouldn't want to be his teammate. I think if I was a Lakers fan or Kobe was on my team that would be something I'd really look forward to as a sports fan.
- He was continually imagining himself to be someone on the verge of saying something spectacular, but he wasn't quite there yet.
他一直想象自己,成为那种能说出一些惊世骇俗的话的人，但是他还没有到那一步。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选 - The Earth seems to be a pretty good inertial system, because on the ground, you leave something, it stays there.
地球看上去是个不错的惯性系,因为什么东西放在地上,都会保持静止
耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选 - But DeWitt, who cut his teeth at Cisco and Sun, may be on to something.
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