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单词 on the radar
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on the radar
In phrases in which the detection of something, or the relative amount of attention given to it, is indicated by whether it registers on a figurative radar, as below the radar, off the radar, on the radar, under the radar, etc.; cf. a blip on the radar (screen) at blip n.1 Additions a.
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1981 Washington Post 16 Apr. a18/1 Like some giant weapons system that can come in under the radar, Janet Cooke's invention eluded detection by the normal protective procedures and techniques that are designed to catch..more commonplace slides and lapses.]
1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 May 13/5 Despite all the checks, a piece occasionally gets in under the radar... The British Broadcasting Corp. filed a seemingly harmless reaction piece which led to fury..at fleet headquarters.
1989 Los Angeles Times 30 Apr. v. 1/5 On most issues, legislators understand that they are functioning below the radar of public scrutiny.
1992 Boston Globe (Nexis) 30 Oct. 14 Abrams fell off the New York media radar for two weeks after his nasty victory..in last month's Democratic primary.
1998 Indianapolis Star 25 Jan. e9/3 Among the issues on his legislative radar are campaign finance reform, welfare-to-work measures, and child labor.
2003 Ice Oct. 112/3 Used to be huge, but has now slipped off the radar completely.
2004 N. Barham Dis/Connected 213 They have no problem being amoral. Copyright isn't even on their radar.
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