in the works

基本解释

I think there has to be something in the works or he wouldn't go – particularly since his wife is secretary of state.
因为他的夫人是现任国务卿，我想克林顿肯定在他的工作中有些优势，否则他不会去。
Though this exhibition has been in the works since 2003, Klein has been in the headlines lately for breaking records at auction.
尽管这些作品从2003年就已经在展出了，但是克莱因只是最近才上了头版，因为他在拍卖会创了记录。
It's been in the works for a while now, but it's more of a convenience for editors (and a correction of a design flaw) than a major improvement.
目前这已在进展之中，但这更多是为了编辑的便利（同时也是纠正设计上的瑕疵）而不算一个大的改进。

The story of the swan's last song found a place in the works of other writers, including the early English writers Chaucer and Shakespeare.
In the works that Milton is going to be publishing now with greater and greater frequency, it's this Spenserian ideal of marriage that will be the new and, believe me, the endlessly complex Miltonic subject.
在弥尔顿准备出版的作品中,越来越常出现的，是斯宾塞式的婚姻理想，那将是崭新的，相信我，也是无尽而复杂的弥尔顿风格的题材。
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This is where Richard is talking about the waitresses, the white waitresses he works with in the restaurant in Chicago.
理查那些女招待以及和他一起，在芝加哥餐厅工作的那些白人。
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More than a year in the works, Google finally launched its in-game advertising platform Wednesday.
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