be on to something

基本解釋

Snyder might be on to something.
斯奈德可能將要發(fā)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.
好像是注定的一樣，一次電子工廠的師傅告訴他，能將電腦通過(guò)無(wú)線連接起來(lái)的人會(huì)成為個(gè)偉大的人。
Skeptics notwithstanding, the Beatles could well be on to something fruitful again, which may find expression in who knows what strange new musical forms.
盡管還有人對(duì)此表示懷疑，但是披頭士終于又可以再次進(jìn)行大量的創(chuàng)作了，可能又會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)新奇的音樂(lè)表現(xiàn)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,成為那種能說(shuō)出一些驚世駭俗的話的人，但是他還沒(méi)有到那一步。
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The Earth seems to be a pretty good inertial system, because on the ground, you leave something, it stays there.
地球看上去是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的慣性系,因?yàn)槭裁礀|西放在地上,都會(huì)保持靜止
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But DeWitt, who cut his teeth at Cisco and Sun, may be on to something.
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