footholds

英 [ˈfʊthəʊldz]

美 [ˈfʊtˌhoʊldz]

n.  立足处(攀登时足可踩的缝、洞、树枝等); (可以此发展或取得成功的)稳固地位，立足点
foothold的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 立足点;稳固地位
  Afootholdis a strong or favourable position from which further advances or progress may be made.
  1. If British business is to have a successful future, companies must establish a firm foothold in Europe.
     如果英国公司想在未来成功发展，就必须在欧洲建立稳固的基础。
• N-COUNT (攀登时的)立足点,支点
  Afootholdis a place such as a small hole or area of rock where you can safely put your foot when climbing.
  1. He lowered his legs until he felt he had a solid foothold on the rockface beneath him.
     他把腿向下伸，直到他感觉稳稳地踩住下面的石头。

双语例句

• He climbed the steep cliff by getting footholds in cracks in the rock.
  他在岩石缝中找踏脚的地方，慢慢爬上峭壁。
• Having established footholds in the market, foreign banks are playing a waiting game, hoping that regulations ease and give them a fair shot at the growing market.
  在市场上站稳脚跟后，外资银行正伺机而动，期待监管者放松监管，在这个日益增长的市场上给它们提供一个平等的机会。
• It's easy to think of a good rest as being a jug and two footholds, but on many routes the rests won't be that obvious.
  我们很容易就会想到一个好的休息姿势是一个大手点加上两个脚点，但是很多路线上的休息点并非那么明显。
• The concept has won admiration from many other colleges and universities, which have scrambled to establish overseas footholds of their own.
  这种设想在其他许多学院和大学中赢得了赞誉，它们也都在匆忙建立自己的海外分校。
• For scholars worldwide, if they want to establish footholds in the international academic world, writing for international publication has become the overwhelming choice.
  对全世界的学者来说，要想在学术界有一席立足之地，发表国际期刊学术论文已经成为一种必然的选择。
• You help businesses grow and gain footholds in overseas markets.
  你们帮助企业发展并在海外市场站稳脚跟。
• With comparative objects and comparative samples as its footholds, functional comparative law focuses on any law's functions and practical efficiency.
  功能比较法以比较对象和比较样本为基本概念，关注法律的功能及其实际效果。
• Western bankers and businessmen grasp that and the importance of fawning shamelessly to the authorities in order to gain or keep footholds in its market.
  西方的银行家和商人领会到了这点，同时也明白，为了进入中国市场或在中国市场站稳脚跟，不知廉耻地取悦当权者很重要。
• A climber needs secure footholds.
  攀登的人脚踩的地方要很牢固。
• Notice how the Chinese leaders are making concessions to the West, and that they are using their power to prevent the Illuminati from making further footholds in the East.
  “请注意”中国的领导人是如何与西方世界达成认可的，并且他们在运用他们的力量去阻止光照派去企图把据点更远的拓展到东方世界。