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。

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

【cotton】萨拉马上明白了他想干什么。

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。

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。