I suddenly cottoned on to what he was doing.

我突然明白了他在做什么。

I rather cottoned to the idea.

我很喜欢这个构想。

I cottoned to you from the first.

我一开头就挺喜欢你的。

The two newcomers soon cottoned on.

这两个新来的人很快交了朋友。

Two of the nymphs haven't yet cottoned on; they are still busy with their duties.

其中两个仙女忙着伺候戴安娜，还未来得及着衣。

He has just cottoned on to the fact that he might have dealt with the matter more carefully.

他这才领悟本来他处理这件事是可以更细致些的。

She's cottoned on that her constant stomachache was caused by the bacon on offer last week at local market.

她开始意识到，她的持续的腹痛是由于食用了上周在当地超市贱卖的熏肉引起的。

Economists first cottoned on to this phenomenon of "moral hazard" when Kenneth Arrow wrote about it in 1963.

经济学家最初开始理解这种“道德风险”现象是肯尼斯·阿罗在1963年论述它的时候。

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”。

When investors cottoned on to the subdued outlook for profits, as they did in Japan, the effect on share prices was dramatic.

当投资人明白盈利前景黯淡，像日本投资人那样，股价便受到剧烈影响。

Alerted to the holdup, the manager comes outside, but the boyfriend has already cottoned on and he rides his bike into position.

经理觉察到外面的嘈杂声走了出来，但那个女孩子的男朋友已经明白了事情的原委，就骑着摩托车回到位置上排队等候了。

And they were using a drilling machine and the sparks from the drilling machine triggered this fire because this is a clothing factory, there are lots of cottoned clothes all around the place.

他们在用一台钻孔机，因为这是服装厂，棉布遍地都是，而钻孔机上的火花引起了大火。