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

" 噢，" 罗恩这才心领神会，" 好吧。"

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”。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

【cotton】萨拉马上明白了他想干什么。

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。

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。