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.
那时，一种名为MySpace的新型社交网站刚刚开始兴风作浪，“Twitter”这个词的意思也还仅仅是指鸟的叫声。
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If you have to deal with large institutions, be careful not to make waves.
如果定要和大的机构打交道，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.
推荐理由：迄今为止，在此比赛中，代表城市的小屋一直不多。但是太阳能屋顶小屋代表城市市场，必将引起轰动。

So we can actually constructively and destructively combine these waves, these atomic orbitals to make a hybrid.
我们可以相长,和相消叠加这些波，这些原子轨道可以杂化。
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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.
就算我能用我脑波强迫,你们选β,那我应该选什么,我应该选α
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Theirs is a partnership that could make waves, in the European Union and beyond.
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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