" Oh, " said Ron, cottoning on. " Right."

" 噢，" 罗恩这才心领神会，" 好吧。"

By the time the British cottoned on, it was a rich, thick concoction, both delicious and pleasingly exotic.

后来英国人终于知晓这杯浓郁的调制饮料，既美味又富含异国风味。

Employers have cottoned on to this and now often mention a “social purpose” in their recruitment advertisements.

雇主喜欢这一现象，现在常常在招聘面试中提到“社会使命”。

As the financial markets cottoned on to what was happening, investors began to distrust the central bank's weekly reserves figures.

随着金融市场逐渐意识到发生了什么，投资者开始不信任央行的每周外汇储备数据。

Mr. Abernathy says before drought struck the area, he grew much bigger plants, and each had more cotton on them.

阿伯内西说在该地区干旱之前，他种植的是较大的棉花，每棵上面都结了很多棉花。

GAP became big when it cottoned on to the fashion for pastel colours in the 1980s, but it has struggled recently, announcing more store closures.

上世纪80年代，GAP主打的色泽柔和的服装畅销，因此业务不断扩大，而最近却举步维艰，宣布关闭更多门店。

Sarah soon cottoned on to what he was trying to do.

【cotton】萨拉马上明白了他想干什么。

" It would give everyone a lift to think you were more involved, Harry, " said Scrimgeour, sounding relieved that Harry had cottoned on so quickly.

“看到有你更多地参与，大家会受到鼓舞的，哈利，”斯克林杰说，他似乎对哈利这么快就领悟了他的话感到很欣慰。

Cotton on the other hand degrades substantially in a matter of months, and paper bags break down completely in just 90 days.

相比之下，棉花在几个月内就会基本上被降解；而纸袋在短短 90 天内就会被完全分解。

Mind you I...I didn't cotton on to his technique until after I'd been there a year and then there was the election.

我整整一年才摸透了他的战术，然后就到了选举的时间了。

It took me a while to cotton on.

【cotton】我过了一会才明白过来。

I mean, you used to have to pick cotton on your family's farm.

我的意思是，你过去不得不在你家的农场里摘棉花。

They searched for land suitable to settle on and plant cotton on either side of the Tarim River that runs through the desert.

他们寻找适合居住的土地，沿着塔里木河两岸种植棉花。

The plough passes as near as possible to the cotton on both sides, throwing the furrow from it.

犁尽可能靠近两边的棉花，从那里抛出犁沟。

Mr. Abernathy says before drought struck the area, he grew much bigger plants, and each had more cotton on them. " This is a stressed plant that did not produce what, what it had the potential to do."

Abernathy 先生说，在干旱袭击该地区之前，他种植了更大的植物，每株植物上的棉花也更多。 “这是一个压力很大的工厂，它没有生产出它有潜力生产的东西。”