1·The merger has been on the cards for some time now.
合并的事情已经酝酿了一段时间。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·A happy ending is not on the CARDS.
想要一个完美结局，现在已是不可能了。
3·As such, a return to six-party talks is on the CARDS.
如此看来，各方重返六方会谈是可能的。
4·In fact, isolation has never really been on the CARDS.
事实上，孤立政策从来就不会真的可能。
5·In truth an insolvency was never really on the CARDS.
事实上，破产还从未真正出现过。
6·The prime minister himself insists that is not on the CARDS.
首相本人却坚称那不可能。
7·That is not on the CARDS, even if it were clear what it meant.
那多半不可能，即使很清楚这意味着什么。
8·But cutting the MBA to a one-year programme is not on the CARDS.
但是将MBA项目缩减为一年不太可能。
9·From all the breathless speculation you'd think that was on the CARDS.
从所有卖力的推测中，你所考虑的是可能的。
10·Based on the CARDS we've got right now, however, it doesn't need to be.
但是根据我们现在已经获得的卡，它不需要是一个bean。