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1. PREP If something moves onto or is put onto an object or surface, it is then on that object or surface. 到…之上

I took my bags inside, lowered myself onto the bed and switched on the TV. 我把我的包拿進(jìn)去，坐到了床上，打開了電視。

2. PREP You can sometimes use onto to mention the place or area that someone moves into. 移向 (某處)

The players jogged onto the field. 運動員們慢慢跑進(jìn)賽場。

At exactly 6:00 p.m., Marcia drove onto the motorway. 下午6點整，馬西婭開車上了高速公路。

3. PREP You can use onto to introduce the place toward which a light or someone's look is directed. (光線或視線) 朝向

...the metal part of the door onto which the sun had been shining. …陽光一直照耀著的門的金屬部分。

The colours rotated around on a disc and were reflected onto the wall behind. 那些色彩在一張圓盤上旋轉(zhuǎn)，并被反射到后面的墻上。

4. PREP If a door or room opens onto a place, that place is directly in front of it. (門或房間) 對著…[v PREP n]

The door opened onto a well-lit hallway. 這扇門對著一個照明很好的門廳。

5. PREP When you change the position of your body, you use onto to introduce the part your body which is now supporting you. (身體重心) 移向

As he stepped backwards she fell onto her knees, then onto her face. 他往后退步時，她雙膝跪倒在地，接著臉也著地。

Puffing a little, Mabel shifted her weight onto her feet. 梅布爾有些氣喘,將她身體的重量移到了雙腳上。

6. PREP When you get onto a bus, train, or plane, you enter it in order to travel somewhere. 登上 (交通工具)

As he got on to the plane, he asked me how I was feeling. 他上飛機(jī)時問我感覺如何。

7. PREP Onto is used after verbs such as "hold," "hang," and "cling" to indicate what someone is holding firmly or where something is being held firmly. 用于(hold)，(hang)，(cling)等動詞之后，表示某人緊握或某物被緊握

The reflector is held onto the sides of the spacecraft with a frame. 反光器被一個框緊緊地固定在宇宙飛船的各個側(cè)面。

8. PREP If people who are talking get onto a different subject, they begin talking about it. 轉(zhuǎn)向 (新的話題)

Let's get on to more important matters. 咱們談些更重要的事吧。

9. PREP You can sometimes use onto to indicate that something or someone becomes included as a part of a list or system. 成為…的一部分

The Macedonian question had failed to get on to the agenda. 馬其頓問題沒能提到議事日程上來。

The pill itself has changed a lot since it first came onto the market. 自從投放市場以來，這種片劑本身已經(jīng)改變了許多。

10. PREP If someone is onto something, they are about to discover something important. 將要發(fā)現(xiàn)[非正式] ['be' PREP n]

He leaned across the table and whispered to me, "I'm really onto something."

他隔著桌子探過身悄悄地跟我說，“我真的要有重大發(fā)現(xiàn)了?！?/p>

11. PREP If someone is onto you, they have discovered that you are doing something illegal or wrong. (對某人做的壞事) 已經(jīng)明白了[非正式] ['be' PREP n]

I had told people what he had been doing, so now the police were onto him. 我已經(jīng)告訴人們他一直在從事的勾當(dāng)，所以現(xiàn)在警察都對他很清楚了。