what a deal的意思|示意

Stephenson, an occupational psychologist, believes money is such a big deal because of what it symbolises, which may be different things to men and women.

职业心理学家斯蒂芬森认为，金钱之所以重要是因为它所象征的东西，而对男人和女人来说，象征的东西可能是不同的。

Blog commenters spend a great deal of time discussing what is NOT said, instead of constructively evaluating what is said.

博客评论者花大力气地讨论文章什么没有说到，而不是建设性地评论一下什么已经说了。

What happens is that the ice at the base of the glacier is under a great deal of pressure—the pressure coming from the weight of the overlying ice.

实际情况是，冰川底部的冰承受着巨大的压力——这些压力来自于覆盖在上面的冰的重量。

The problem with being a grownup is that there's an awful lot of serious stuff to deal with—work, mortgage payments, figuring out what to cook for dinner.

长大后的问题是，有一大堆重要的事情要处理，从工作、按揭贷款到晚餐该做什么。

"The DARPA routes will have sparse traffic," predicts Dr Whittaker, "so it will still be orders of magnitude easier than what humans deal with on a freeway in Los Angeles or in Manhattan."

惠特克博士预计：“DARPA的路线中的交通量也比较稀少，因此仍然属于那种比人类在洛杉矶或是曼哈顿的高速公路上所要应对的情况更为简单的层次。”

But what amounted to a plea deal ended the case.

但是怎样的认罪交易结束了该事件呢。