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

• And he's got a three-day head start on us.
  而且他比我们早开始了3天。
• Templates give you a big head start when you create a new database.
  在创建新数据库时，模板可为您提供一个良好的开端。
• Even a few minutes will give your day a head start. Be an early bird.
  即使是很少的几分钟都会给你的一天开个好头，做一只早起鸟。
• 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。
• He's got a two-minute head start.
  他两分钟之前就离开了。
• We have a head start.
  我们起步较早。
• You can give yourself a head start by learning from competitors and other markets.
  你可以直接向你的竞争对手和其他领域学习。
• The prince says maybe we should give you a head start.
  王子说我们该让你首先出发。
• Nigel's father is the company chairman, which gave him a head start when he joined the firm.
  奈杰尔的父亲是公司的董事长，因此在他加入公司时，这就给他提拱了一个有利的开端。
• 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。