They agreed to the changes on the understanding that they would be introduced gradually.

他们同意这些改革，条件是须要逐步进行。

《牛津词典》

Poverty forced her to surrender him to foster families, but only on the understanding that she could eventually regain custody.

贫困迫使她把他交给了寄养家庭, 但她是在明确她最终一定能重新获得抚养权的条件下才这样做的。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

When Rita agrees to take Whatsit to school, it is on the understanding that the dog stays quiet and hidden.

当丽塔答应带 Whatsit 去上学，她的条件就是这只狗必须安静和隐藏。

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It is whispered into your ear with the understanding that you will not pass it on to others.

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And so, I'm going to talk about that after we have a better understanding of what's going on in the book.

因此我将在我们对这本书有了更好的理解之后,再谈论其历史。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He published a treatise that he had written earlier on grammar, inventing his own system for the understanding and the learning of the Latin language.

发表了一篇他之前写的关于语法的论文，在这篇论文中他创建了自己的一套理解和学习,拉丁文的体系。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Any prospective new chief executive would be recruited on the understanding that the plan will be implemented.

FORBES: A New Era In Corporate Governance

Bank of America, for one, offers loans to companies on the understanding that other investment-banking mandates will follow.

ECONOMIST: Investment banks

Recordings were carried out on the understanding that they would only be made public once interviewees had died.

BBC: Boston College tapes: 'writer not making big profit'