be on to something

基本解釋

Snyder might be on to something.
斯奈德可能將要發(fā)生什麼。
In a prophetic moment, an electronics workshop teacher told him that the person who combined computers with wireless would be on to something big.
好像是注定的一樣，一次電子工廠的師傅告訴他，能將電腦通過無線連接起來的人會成爲個偉大的人。
Skeptics notwithstanding, the Beatles could well be on to something fruitful again, which may find expression in who knows what strange new musical forms.
盡琯還有人對此表示懷疑，但是披頭士終於又可以再次進行大量的創(chuàng)作了，可能又會發(fā)現新奇的音樂表現方式。

I wouldn't want to be his teammate. I think if I was a Lakers fan or Kobe was on my team that would be something I'd really look forward to as a sports fan.
He was continually imagining himself to be someone on the verge of saying something spectacular, but he wasn't quite there yet.
他一直想象自己,成爲那種能說出一些驚世駭俗的話的人，但是他還沒有到那一步。
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The Earth seems to be a pretty good inertial system, because on the ground, you leave something, it stays there.
地球看上去是個不錯的慣性系,因爲什麼東西放在地上,都會保持靜止
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But DeWitt, who cut his teeth at Cisco and Sun, may be on to something.
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