head start

英 [ˌhed ˈstɑːt]

美 [ˌhed ˈstɑːrt]

n.  起步前的优势

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牛津词典

noun

• 起步前的优势
  an advantage that sb already has before they start doing sth
  1. Being able to speak French gave her a head start over the other candidates.
     会说法语使她比其他候选人占优势。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 领先;占先
  If you have ahead start onother people, you have an advantage over them in something such as a competition or race.
  1. Hungarian businessmen have had a head start over most of their Eastern European neighbors...
     匈牙利商人已经领先于东欧邻国的大多数同行了。
  2. A good education gives your child a head start in life.
     良好的教育会让你的孩子在人生的起跑线上比别人领先一步。

英英释义

noun

• the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
  1. with an hour's start he will be hard to catch
  Synonym:start

双语例句

• Even when he is sick, he works; even with his head start she caught up with him.
  即使在生病的时候，他还是坚持工作；尽管他领先过，她还是赶上他了。
• The prince says maybe we should give you a head start.
  王子说我们该让你首先出发。
• It proved a brilliant initiative that gave Michelin a head start in the guidebook and road map publishing business.
  这被证明是一项明智的举措，它让米其林在旅行指南和行车路线图出版领域占据了领先位置。
• And he's got a three-day head start on us.
  而且他比我们早开始了3天。
• We have a head start.
  我们起步较早。
• It gives us a decisive head start in a competitive and tough market.
  它给予了我们在这群雄鏖战的市场一个决定性的先机。
• Or are they getting a head start in a ruthlessly competitive world?
  还是说他们在这个竞争残酷的世界里有了领先的优势？
• Creating the right environment for sleep in your bedroom can also give you a head start.
  在卧室营造一个良好的睡眠环境也可能有助于睡眠。
• This will give you a head start and then some.
  这会给你一个头开始，然后一些。
• Just trying to give my man a head start, that's all.
  我只是想给我的朋友一个机会，就这么回事。