toehold
英['təʊhəʊld]
美['toʊhoʊld]
- n. （攀岩时的）立足点；（发展的）起点
详细释义
Noun:
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a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made;
"American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks"
"his father gave him a toehold in the oil business"
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a small foothold used in climbing
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a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
双语例句
- 1. The firm is anxious to gain a toehold in Europe.
- 这家公司急于在欧洲找个立脚点。
《牛津词典》
- 2. Delta`s agreement with Singapore Airlines gave them a toehold in the Pacific.
- 德尔塔与新加坡航空公司的协议为他们在太平洋地区提供了一个立足点。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- 3. A few of these spores found a toehold on the dark, forbidding rocks and grew and began to work their transformation upon the land.
- 其中一些孢子在黑暗、险峻的岩石上找到了立足点并开始生长，同时开始了它们改变这片土地的事业。
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- 4. The socialist party gained a toehold in the local elections.
- 社会党在地方选举中赢得立足之地。
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- 5. They cannot allow these guys to have a real toehold in that area.
- 巴基斯坦人不能允许激进分子在那里有一个真正的立足之地。
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- 6. The firm is anxious to gain a toehold in the North American market.
- 这家公司急于在北美市场找到一个立脚点。
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- 7. Yet it is probably worthwhile to get a toehold in a congested market.
- 不过能在争夺如此激烈的市场上取得立足之地也许是值得了。
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- 8. It was difficult to get even a toehold in the kitchen dinnerware market.
- 在厨房餐具市场立足甚至占有一席之位是很难。
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- 9. Pioneering plants get a toehold above the tide line on Australia's Fraser Island.
- 澳大利亚的弗雷泽岛上，开拓性的植物在海岸沙丘的潮水界线以外生根立足。
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- 10. If you can muster a toehold in the project plan, be forward-looking in your designs.
- 如果能够在项目计划中找到立足点，则可以在设计中融入前瞻思想。
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- 11. For these Western institutions, the prize is a toehold in the world's biggest education market.
- 对于这些西方院校来说，能获得的是在世界最大教育市场的一个小小立足点。
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- 12. Back-to-back monthly declines in CPI may be a warning signal that deflation is gaining a toehold.
- 在消费物价指数回至后端月下滑可能是一个警告信号，表明通货紧缩正在获得一个立足点。
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- 13. There's a European outfit we can buy into for the initial toehold?--Holdings (Holdings) Incorporated.
- 我们可以从欧洲买回一套装备，作为控股集团成立的起点。
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- 14. Slightly more interesting is, this was his toehold, this was the first paper he bought in this country.
- 更有趣的是，这是他在这个国家购买的第一家报社。
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- 15. Netizens allege that some guests do not enter the show to date, but merely to get a toehold in the world of show business.
- 网友们表示，很多嘉宾并不是为了找另一半，而是为了进入娱乐圈而来。
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- 16. I found it impossible to gain a toehold in academia: no one wanted my specialism and my first degree was in a different subject.
- 我发现要在学术界立足几乎不可能：没有人认同我的专长，因为我的第一学位是另一个科目。
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- 17. Having thus established his toehold in the realm of presumption, Mr. Lazar now goes on to funnel thoughts into the mind of his own father.
- 在以上作为假设的立足点后，Lazar先生现在则要进入到他父亲的思维通道中去了。
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- 18. This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Pioneering plants get a toehold above the tide line on Australia's Fraser Island.
- 澳大利亚的弗雷泽岛上，开拓性的植物在海岸沙丘的潮水界线以外生根立足。
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- 19. As the South industrialized in the second half of the 20th century, poor Alabamians who once toiled on farms were able to secure a toehold in the middle class.
- 20世纪下半叶，随着南方地区逐渐变得工业化，原本在农场里辛勤劳作的贫穷的阿拉巴马人得以勉强跻身中产阶级之列。
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- 20. Walmart began sniffing around South Africa three years ago, seeking a toehold on a continent where consumer spending power has risen sharply in the past decade.
- 于是三年前沃尔玛开始转向南非，搜寻商机，企望在这个十年间消费能力猛涨的地方找到立足之地。
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- 21. An eternity ago, people in this city in northern San Joaquin County braved four-hour round-trip commutes to the San Francisco Bay Area for a toehold on the dream.
- 很久以来，在这个SanJoaquin县的小城镇里的人常常花来回4小时的时间到旧金山海湾地区来感受梦想实现的感觉。
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- 22. And some researchers say liquid water may periodically form just below the planet's surface - which may provide just enough of a toehold for life to survive there.
- 而且有些研究者称液态水可能会定期形成于行星地表之下——由此可能为生命的生存提供了足够的立足点。
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- 23. Apple's best shot at gaining a toehold in one of the most sophisticated mobile markets on the planet is to appeal to as many of Japan's 108 million mobile subscribers as possible.
- 苹果想要在全球最成熟的手机市场之一日本立足的最佳方法就是尽可能赢得日本1亿800万手机用户。
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- 24. But more importantly, once one variety of life has a toehold in a place, the inherently transforming nature of life modifies the environment until it is fit for other species of life.
- 更重要的是，一旦生命的某个变体在那里某处有了立锥之地，生来固有造化本性的生命就会着手改变环境直到它适合其他物种的生存。
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- 25. Malik and Abdul are Pakistanis who, having gained a toehold on the European mainland, sell phone cards on Barcelona street corners and sleep eight to a room in the stuffy Spanish summer.
- 已在欧洲大陆立足的巴基斯坦人马利克和阿布多，在巴塞罗那的街角贩卖电话卡，并在西班牙闷热的夏天睡在一个八人合住的房间里。
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- 26. Malik and Abdul are Pakistanis who, having gained a toehold on the European mainland, sell phone cards on Barcelona street corners and sleep eight to a room in the stuffy Spanish summer.
- 已在欧洲大陆立足的巴基斯坦人马利克和阿布多，在巴塞罗那的街角贩卖电话卡，并在西班牙闷热的夏天睡在一个八人合住的房间里。
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- Family connections gave her a toehold in politics.
家庭关系使她在政治上获得了初步的立脚点 - The firm is anxious to gain a toehold in the North American market.
这家公司急于在北美市场找到一个立脚点。
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