on the cards

基本解释

Although critics say that an arrangement of this sort was on the cards before Mr Clinton got involved, at the very least he accelerated it, benefiting many people.
尽管批评人士称在克林顿涉足之前这可能就已经是板上钉钉的事情了，但他至少起到了促进作用，让很多人受了益。
That was never on the cards: although it is just possible that the device could generate an artificial black hole, it would be too small to swallow an atom, let alone the Earth.
这种担忧绝无可能发生：强子对撞机仅可能创造出一个人工黑洞，但是这个人工黑洞是如此之小，以致连一个原子都无法吞噬，更别谈吞噬整个地球了。
Even here, though, stem-cell therapists talk openly of treating brain diseases such as Parkinson's with specially grown nerve cells, so some form of partial immortalisation might be on the cards.
虽然临床医学家公开地谈论用特殊方式培养的神经细胞来治疗比如像帕金森症这样的病，因此某种形式的部分长寿是有可能的。

Also,schools are urged to consider limiting the number of places on campus where companies can market credit cards.
That's all I need to have on the cards.
在卡上写这些就好了。
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He has all the information he knows that has been reported on the various elements on file cards He even carried them around in his pocket and he would look at them from time to time and try to devise a scheme.
他将所有他知道的,已经研究出来的元素的信息放到文件卡片上,他将它们随身携带在口袋里,这样他就可以时不时地看它们了,并且试图设计出一个图表。
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Periodically, DirecTV will send down a signal that changes the codes on the cards.
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