under way

已经开始并进行着; 启航

There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark.(在努力把这座桥定为历史地标。)

A NEW scramble for Africa is under way.(一场对新的非洲争夺战正在进行。)

Further testing is under way.(正在开展进一步检测。)

A full-scale debate is under way on what ails the industry.(就困扰工业发展的弊端所展开的一次全面讨论正在进行中。)

Change apparently already is under way.(变化显然已经在发生。)

After some technical hitches the show finally got under way.(几个小的技术故障后演出终于开始了。)

Preparations have got under way for a week of special events in May.(五月份特别活动周的准备工作已经开始。)

There is a security operation under way.(那里正在进行保安行动。)

At present, the preparation is under way.(目前这方面的准备工作正在抓紧进行。)

Perhaps as many as a dozen firms have recently opened offices in the new office park, and there were several hundred more acres with construction under way.(大概有十几家公司最近在新的办公园区开设了办事处，还有几百英亩的土地正在建设中。)

adv

1. in motion
set in motion

e.g. the ship got under way

1. 进行中的；已开始的
If an activity is under way, it has already started. If an activity gets under way, it starts.

e.g. An investigation is underway to find out how the disaster happened...
调查已经展开，以查明灾难是如何发生的。
e.g. It was a cold evening, winter well underway...
那是个寒冷的夜晚，入冬已有多日。