lay of the land

If you are new to the company, it will take you a while to get the lay of the land, meaning who's important, who's not important, who works where, and so forth.

如果你是一家公司的新人，你需要花一些时间来了解公司情况，意思是谁重要，谁不重要，职位如何，等等。

Before he buys the stock he wants to check the lay of the land.

根据我家乡,土地的特点,我们种植了许多松树.

Before I come to work I want to know the lay of the land.

在买股票之前,他想检查一下有关股票的一些重要情况.

I want to give you the lay of the land and tell you about the people you'll be working with.

我想告诉你公司的一些情况，还有你将与之共事的各位同事。

The lay of the land is mostly the same in both worlds, but there are several areas that you can only reach by strategically hopping from one world to the other in the right locations.

两个世界的地形基本一样，但有些地区是你只能在正确的地点巧妙的从一个世界跳入另一世界才能到达的。

It offers increased flexibility in case the new job doesn't work out while enabling employees to get the lay of the land before buying a house.

它提供了更大的灵活性的情况下，新的工作不能正常工作了，同时使员工获得奠定的土地之前，买房子。

The root of the question lay in the seizure of the land of Ireland by the English ruling class.

这个问题的根源在于英国统治阶级对爱尔兰土地的攫取。

"What I'm driving at is that I'm beginning to get the lay of the land." Rolled: Paper glazed by rolling.

我的意思是我正开始琢磨情况。压光：用滚辘把纸磨光的情况。

At the Center for Educational Development, the lay of the land is very easy – I am right on the bottom!

在教育发展中心，情况很明了-我就在最底层！

Darren: We took one of the back roads along here. See? Now do you understand the lay of the land?

我们沿着回来的路到了这里。明白吗？现在了解地形没有？

The pattern of the pipeline's up and down route is determined by the often harsh demands of the Arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous lay of the land, and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost ( permanently frozen ground).

管道这种或上或下的路线决定于严酷的极带和副极带气候、复杂的地形和构造各异的土壤、岩石、永久冻土。

Israel has balked at launching all-out urban warfare in Gaza City, where Hamas militants are more familiar with the lay of the land and Israeli casualties would be liable to spiral.

以色列不惜全面发动对加沙城的战争，而哈马斯武装份子对于这片土地是十分熟悉的。以色列的伤亡可能将上升。

Richard Ford's "The Lay of the Land."

理查德·福特的《地势》。

They'll show you the lay of the land.

他们会为你指明方向。

We'd better get the lay of the land there before deciding on the sum of the investment.

我们最好先了解一下那里的情况，然后再决定投资的数额。

The better you understand the lay of the land, the better you'll know what you need to do to jump-start technology use in your class.

你对形势了解得越好越清楚，你就可以更好地了解到你推动技术在你的课堂应用需要些什么。

Glance around so I can get a lay of the land.

杰克，四处看看，我了解一下地形。

The lay of the land has also been taken into account.

重建工作也考虑到了地形的因素。

the bright five-star red flag, is bloody, today's descendants to remember the lay of the land is to be not easily won predecessors.

鲜艳的五星红旗，是用鲜血染红的，今天的子孙要牢记前辈打下的江山是来之不易。

And just when you think you've got the lay of the land.

当你站在那条路上的时候。

The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.

承包商所建房屋的式样,有几分要看地势而定.

Miguel: I'll get the lay of the land and then formulate some options.

米盖尔：我去了解下情况然后制定些计划。

Before you make the minimal set of configuration changes you need to get started, this section takes a quick tour of CodeIgniter so you're familiar with the lay of the land.

在进行一组必需的轻微的配置更改之前，本节将为您简单介绍CodeIgniter，使您熟悉它的基础知识。

The dust strip was consistent with the rainless strip from middle to south of Gansu Province, and with the lay of the land of northeast of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.

该沙舌与甘肃中部至陇南的干舌基本吻合，与青藏高原东北边缘的地形走向基本一致。

Determining the precise lay of the land remains to be a central military priority.

确定地形精确布局形式仍然是军界优先考虑的问题.

I am in pure pattern recognition mode, and my goal is to get a lay of the land, in order to prioritize my time.

笔者属于纯粹的图像认知类型，目的就是大体了解一下会场的情况，然后优先安排自己的时间。

I want to get the lay of the land before I take any action.

在采取行动之前,我要先摸摸情况.