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There is a major debate underway today about what citizenship should mean — and what you should get just for being an American.
今天有個(gè)關(guān)于市民權(quán)利意義的大型的辯論在進(jìn)行中，作為一名美國(guó)公民，你應(yīng)當(dāng)擁有什么權(quán)益。
But Raila Odinga left his meeting with the president saying discussions were still underway and that he did not know when the announcement would come.
但是，由于齊貝吉總統(tǒng)說(shuō)，討論仍在進(jìn)行當(dāng)中、他也不知道何時(shí)將宣布內(nèi)閣成員名單，所以，奧廷加離開(kāi)了會(huì)場(chǎng)。
The proposals are not new, a number of them have been acted upon in one form or another, others are underway—no university that I know of is oblivious to the revolutions of network and Web.
這些提議并不新鮮，其中很多都已經(jīng)以這樣或那樣的形式付諸實(shí)施過(guò)，其他的也正在進(jìn)行中——據(jù)我所知，沒(méi)有一所大學(xué)會(huì)忘記網(wǎng)絡(luò)和網(wǎng)頁(yè)革命。

The ship's captain sent out a historic message: "Underway on nuclear power."
"A major humanitarian effort is now well underway.
The attack on the aid flotilla came as American-mediated indirect talks between the Israelis and Palestinians are getting underway.

Reportedly, a purchase of Leap is the nearest to fruition, with "under the table" talks already underway.
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If an activity is underway, it has already started. If an activity gets underway, it starts.