He seems to be very slow cottoning to the significance of the new method .

他似乎对新方法的重要意义迟迟不能理解。

Still , year s figures may be a sign that europe is cottoning on .

然而，去年的数据大概可以说明欧洲正在努力赶超。

Still , last year 's figures may be a sign that europe is cottoning on .

尽管如此，去年的数字表明欧洲真正懂得我们的差距所在。