接到消息
... weigh one’s word 推敲，斟酌字句 Receive Word 接到消息 eat one’s words 收回前言，为说错话而道歉 ...
当他们接到联军的消息时，他们的残存者逃走加入了联军。
By the time engineers receive word the engine firing has begun, the engine should have already switched off, with the spacecraft in orbit.等到工程师收到发动机开始启动的消息时，发动机应该已经熄火了，而朱诺号应该也应进入轨道。
Next time, he hopes to receive word earlier on, as soon as Chesley or another astronomer predicts the impact location, so that he can catch a flight to the place where debris is expected to fall.下一次，他希望能早点得到消息，一旦切斯利或其他天文学家预测出爆炸地点坐标，他就可以火速飞到残骸陨落的地方。
