gather steam

Efforts to improve relations between North and South Korea may gather steam.

改善南北朝鲜关系的努力也许会获得动力。

When the current bull run first began to gather steam at the end of last year, it was led by a handful of quality blue chip stocks.

本轮牛市自去年年底开始加速以来，一小批优质的蓝筹股曾担任行情的领头羊。

That expectation is based on the view that the economic recovery in the US will start to gather steam, forcing the Federal Reserve to tighten policy and making yields on bonds and equities more attractive.

这一预期基于如下观点，即美国经济复苏的势头将开始增强，这会迫使美联储（Fed）收紧货币政策，让债券和股票的收益率变得更具吸引力。

Yet the earthquake at the very least throws a huge question mark over an economic recovery that economists had hoped would gather steam in the current quarter after stalling in the last three months of 2010.

不过，这场地震至少给日本经济复苏划上了一个巨大的问号&经济学家们原本期望，在2010年后三个季度陷入停滞后，复苏将于当前的季度提速。

Likewise, a revolt against the status quo is just starting to gather steam in many parts of Asia and Africa.

一样的，对现实的反叛，也开始在亚洲和非洲的许多国家开始集聚能量。

Household deposits dropped last October for the first time since May 2001, as the bull run in the stock market began to gather steam.

去年10月，随着股市的牛市行情全面展开，中国居民户存款出现自2001年5月以来的首次下降。