in the making

基本解释

Others, however, fear another crisis is in the making.
然而，也有人担心另一次危机正在孕育之中。
Recorded in London at her childhood home, the 13-track collection was more than a year in the making.
这张收录了13首音轨的专辑录制于伦敦她童年时的家，制作时间超过一年。
The second essential factor in the making of eager, competent readers is that the children have books, and bookshelves of their own so that favourite books can be owned and read over and over again.
要制造出热衷于阅读的合格的读者，第二要素就是让孩子拥有自己的书和书架。这样，有了喜爱的书，他们就可以一遍又一遍地看。

He was right. The trial of Andrew Johnson was an important turning point in the making of the American nation.
I'll just tell you that Tennyson thought cellar door the two most beautiful words in the English language were "cellar door" and that audible beauty was his preoccupation in the making of poetry.
我想说的是，塔尼森认为,英语中最动人的两个词是“,这是他对于追求诗歌听觉效果的执念。
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They're actively engaged in the material, actually seeing the phenomena, by making measurements of real world experiments.
学生们能自主地参与到物质中，看见真切的现象，通过对真实世界实验,做出测量。
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But were there signs of an attack in the making that police should have seen?
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If something was a period of time in the making, it took that amount of time to make.