in the works

基本解釋

I think there has to be something in the works or he wouldn't go – particularly since his wife is secretary of state.
因為他的夫人是現(xiàn)任國務卿，我想克林頓肯定在他的工作中有些優(yōu)勢，否則他不會去。
Though this exhibition has been in the works since 2003, Klein has been in the headlines lately for breaking records at auction.
盡管這些作品從2003年就已經(jīng)在展出了，但是克萊因只是最近才上了頭版，因為他在拍賣會創(chuàng)了記錄。
It's been in the works for a while now, but it's more of a convenience for editors (and a correction of a design flaw) than a major improvement.
目前這已在進展之中，但這更多是為了編輯的便利（同時也是糾正設計上的瑕疵）而不算一個大的改進。

The story of the swan's last song found a place in the works of other writers, including the early English writers Chaucer and Shakespeare.
In the works that Milton is going to be publishing now with greater and greater frequency, it's this Spenserian ideal of marriage that will be the new and, believe me, the endlessly complex Miltonic subject.
在彌爾頓準備出版的作品中,越來越常出現(xiàn)的，是斯賓塞式的婚姻理想，那將是嶄新的，相信我，也是無盡而復雜的彌爾頓風格的題材。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
This is where Richard is talking about the waitresses, the white waitresses he works with in the restaurant in Chicago.
理查那些女招待以及和他一起，在芝加哥餐廳工作的那些白人。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年后的美國小說課程節(jié)選

More than a year in the works, Google finally launched its in-game advertising platform Wednesday.
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