tap into

短语
大学

利用, 开发

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To establish a connection with (something), especially in order to take advantage.

  2. 2.

    To access (a resource or object).

    When he ran out of money, he decided to tap into his trust fund.

    2004 Mark-Anthony Falzon - Cosmopolitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora A significant number of Sindhi businesses in London tap into their connections with India and elsewhere to cater for the 'ethnic niche' market.

    19 December 2014, Paul M Farber in The Guardian Online, Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next Though the current wave of die-ins began after grand juries in Ferguson and New York City refused to indict the cops who used lethal force against Michael Brown and Eric Garner, they tap into a deep well of what professor Salamishah Tillet calls “civic estrangement” from a state that ignores excessive police violence against black and brown people.