on the cards

基本解釋

Although critics say that an arrangement of this sort was on the cards before Mr Clinton got involved, at the very least he accelerated it, benefiting many people.
盡管批評(píng)人士稱在克林頓涉足之前這可能就已經(jīng)是板上釘釘?shù)氖虑榱耍辽倨鸬搅舜龠M(jìn)作用，讓很多人受了益。
That was never on the cards: although it is just possible that the device could generate an artificial black hole, it would be too small to swallow an atom, let alone the Earth.
這種擔(dān)憂絕無(wú)可能發(fā)生：強(qiáng)子對(duì)撞機(jī)僅可能創(chuàng)造出一個(gè)人工黑洞，但是這個(gè)人工黑洞是如此之小，以致連一個(gè)原子都無(wú)法吞噬，更別談吞噬整個(gè)地球了。
Even here, though, stem-cell therapists talk openly of treating brain diseases such as Parkinson's with specially grown nerve cells, so some form of partial immortalisation might be on the cards.
雖然臨床醫(yī)學(xué)家公開(kāi)地談?wù)撚锰厥夥绞脚囵B(yǎng)的神經(jīng)細(xì)胞來(lái)治療比如像帕金森癥這樣的病，因此某種形式的部分長(zhǎng)壽是有可能的。

Also,schools are urged to consider limiting the number of places on campus where companies can market credit cards.
That's all I need to have on the cards.
在卡上寫(xiě)這些就好了。
麻省理工公開(kāi)課 - 電影哲學(xué)課程節(jié)選
He has all the information he knows that has been reported on the various elements on file cards He even carried them around in his pocket and he would look at them from time to time and try to devise a scheme.
他將所有他知道的,已經(jīng)研究出來(lái)的元素的信息放到文件卡片上,他將它們隨身攜帶在口袋里,這樣他就可以時(shí)不時(shí)地看它們了,并且試圖設(shè)計(jì)出一個(gè)圖表。
麻省理工公開(kāi)課 - 固態(tài)化學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選

Periodically, DirecTV will send down a signal that changes the codes on the cards.
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