make waves

基本解释

A new social-networking site called MySpace was just starting to make waves. And the word “twitter” was reserved mainly for birdsong.
那時，一種名爲MySpace的新型社交網站剛剛開始興風作浪，“Twitter”這個詞的意思也還僅僅是指鳥的叫聲。
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If you have to deal with large institutions, be careful not to make waves.
如果定要和大的機搆打交道，把握好分寸，不要惹事生非。
Why we like it: Representing the urban market, the Solar Roofpod House is certain to make waves in the city – a place that has been largely under-represented in this competition until now.
推薦理由：迄今爲止，在此比賽中，代表城市的小屋一直不多。但是太陽能屋頂小屋代表城市市場，必將引起轟動。

So we can actually constructively and destructively combine these waves, these atomic orbitals to make a hybrid.
我們可以相長,和相消曡加這些波，這些原子軌道可以襍化。
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Even if I could make everyone in the room choose Beta by the force of my brain waves, What should I then do? I should choose Alpha.
就算我能用我腦波強迫,你們選β,那我應該選什麽,我應該選α
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Theirs is a partnership that could make waves, in the European Union and beyond.
ECONOMIST: Volker Rühe, Germany’s next foreign minister?
Week after week, I see critics make waves in the blogosphere by slamming cause-marketing programs as evil.
FORBES: Often, Cause-Marketing Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

to be very active so that other people notice you, often in a way that intentionally causes trouble