zero in on

英 [ˈzɪərəʊ ɪn ɒn]

美 [ˈzɪroʊ ɪn ɑːn]

瞄准（目标）; 向…移动; 全神贯注于（问题或主题）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 瞄准（目标）；向…移动
  Tozero in ona target means to aim at it or move towards it.
  1. He raised the binoculars again and zeroed in on an eleventh-floor room.
     他再一次举起双筒望远镜，瞄准了11层的一个房间。
• PHRASAL VERB 全神贯注于（问题或主题）
  If youzero in ona problem or subject, you give it your full attention.
  1. Many of the other major daily newspapers have not really zeroed in on the problem...
     其他许多重要日报并未将注意力集中在这个问题上。
  2. Critics have zeroed in on his plan to raise gasoline taxes 10 cents a gallon.
     批评者将矛头对准他打算将汽油税每加仑提高10美分的计划上。

双语例句

• The markets have failed to zero in on this problem, he writes, because of all the other squeaky wheels in the global economy& but sooner or later, latch on they will.
  吴写到，由于全球经济中其他吱吱作响的齿轮，市场未能集中关注这个问题&但迟早，他们会意识到这一点。
• A construction worker on the structure of One World Trade Center at ground zero in New York on Sept.7,2010.
  在地面上的零纽约世界贸易中心的一个结构的建筑工人在2010年9月7日。
• He raised the binoculars again and zeroed in on an eleventh-floor room.
  他再一次举起双筒望远镜，瞄准了11层的一个房间。
• Because this facility can provide a large amount of data, you can control the level of trace in order to zero in on the information that you want.
  因为这个工具可以提供大量数据，所以可以控制跟踪的级别，只获取需要的信息。
• In many cases, these companies claim, projects are completed faster because freelancers bring special skills and can zero in on each job.
  这些公司称，很多情况下，自由职业者的专业技能和专注工作可以令项目得以更快地完成。
• It's a good idea to zero in on what the two of you have in common, and make conversation based on those similarities.
  确认你们两个的共同之处，并且以其为基础进行交谈是个好主意。
• But this study furthers our understanding of how the human brain is able to zero in on the specific sounds it wants and process them.
  总之，这个研究表明了人类如何可以确定专门的（也就是自己想要听到的）声音，并且处理这些声音信号。
• These drugs are called targeted therapeutics and hae far fewer side effects than chemotherapy drugs because they spare healthy tissues and zero in on the cancer cells they seek to destroy.
  这类药物被称为靶向型治疗药并且与化疗药物相比副作用要小得多，因为这类药物不损伤正常组织仅消灭所寻找到癌细胞。
• Critics have zeroed in on his plan to raise gasoline taxes 10 cents a gallon.
  批评者将矛头对准他打算将汽油税每加仑提高10美分的计划上。
• This will help you zero in on pieces that mesh with what you own ( or remind you that you never actually wear big floral prints).
  这将帮助你瞄准与你所拥有的相配的东西（或提醒你，你从来没有真正穿过大印花）。