home in on something

phrasal verbphr v

a) TOWARDSto aim exactly at an object or place and move directly to it 对准并靠近〔某事物或地方〕

The bat can home in on insects using a kind of ‘radar’.

蝙蝠能凭借某种“雷达”准确找到并飞向昆虫。

b) ATTENTIONto direct your efforts or attention towards a particular fault or problem 将注意力集中于〔某一缺陷或问题〕

He homed in on the one weak link in the argument.

他瞄准论据中的一个薄弱环节。

Examples from the Corpus

home in on • It can home in on a car from almost half a mile away.• Eyes as dark as night homed in on her own.• Some weapons home in on infra-red sources, some on radar, others just go where they are told.• Using both taste and smell, sharks can home in on ounces of blood diffused in the sea.• They live mainly on berries and fruit, so they tend to home in on people's gardens.• Sue Morris of W H Smith homed in on the primary source of the information - the consumer.• As her work homed in on the truth of her circumstances, Margarett became more vulnerable.• It sounds, once again, as though evolution deals in distant targets, homing in on things like scorpions.

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单词	home in on something
释义	home in on something home in on something phrasal verbphr v a) TOWARDSto aim exactly at an object or place and move directly to it 对准并靠近〔某事物或地方〕 The bat can home in on insects using a kind of ‘radar’. 蝙蝠能凭借某种“雷达”准确找到并飞向昆虫。 b) ATTENTIONto direct your efforts or attention towards a particular fault or problem 将注意力集中于〔某一缺陷或问题〕 He homed in on the one weak link in the argument. 他瞄准论据中的一个薄弱环节。 Examples from the Corpus home in on • It can home in on a car from almost half a mile away.• Eyes as dark as night homed in on her own.• Some weapons home in on infra-red sources, some on radar, others just go where they are told.• Using both taste and smell, sharks can home in on ounces of blood diffused in the sea.• They live mainly on berries and fruit, so they tend to home in on people's gardens.• Sue Morris of W H Smith homed in on the primary source of the information - the consumer.• As her work homed in on the truth of her circumstances, Margarett became more vulnerable.• It sounds, once again, as though evolution deals in distant targets, homing in on things like scorpions. → home in on something at home4(1)
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