Well, factories are picking up steam again. Construction crews are humming once more.

工厂又恢复了活力。建筑工人也开始施工。

It's the latest sign the housing recovery is picking up steam even with modestly higher mortgage interest rates.

这是房市在抵押贷款利率小幅上涨后依然持续加速复苏的最新证明。

And it just started picking up steam, totally proliferated this week. And it became kind of a mass movement.

这种行为刚开始活跃后，本周就全面扩散。这演变成了一种群众运动。

The election campaign is picking up steam.

【steam】竞选活动在逐渐形成声势。

According to John Sheldon of MasterCard's Innovation Group, the move to a cashless society is picking up steam worldwide, especially in Africa.

万事达创新集团的约翰·谢尔登表示一个无现金的社会正在全球范围内加速发展, 尤其是在非洲。

But just as it was winding down, a little-known virus that causes many of the same symptoms – a lower lung infection, hacking cough, runny nose, sore throat and fever – was just picking up steam.

但就在疫情逐渐平息的时候，一种鲜为人知的病毒又开始肆虐起来，这种病毒会导致许多相同的症状——肺部感染、干咳、流鼻涕、喉咙痛和发烧。