the lines of doing some research是什么意思？

爱让一切都对了UID: 3334460

这是tpo 6听力中的一句话。
Employee
That’s actually a very good question. Well, as you know, the career fair is generally an opportunity for local businesses to recruit new employees, and for soon-to-be graduates to have interviews with several companies they might be interested in working for. Now, in your case, even though you wouldn’t be looking for employment right now, it still wouldn’t hurt for you to prepare much like you would if you were looking for a job.

Student
  
You mean, like get my resume together and wear a suit?

Employee
That’s a given. I was thinking more along the lines of doing some research. The flyers and posters list all the businesses that are sending representatives to the career fair. Um ...what’s your major urge you to have one yet?

主要是lines of不懂取什么意思。然后最好再翻译一下整句话。
请用告诉我您在哪一本词典中找到这个义项的，方便我复查，谢谢。

feiyunzi1988UID: 2621334

断句断错了，along the lines of，应该这样。就是建议他先做一下相关了解