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

• I had started college courses during high school, giving me a head start.
  在中学阶段我就修了一些大学课程，这让我能有一个良好的开始。
• 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。
• This will give you a head start and then some.
  这会给你一个头开始，然后一些。
• 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。
• 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。
• And he's got a three-day head start on us.
  而且他比我们早开始了3天。
• And they've got a head start on you.
  他们已经比你们抢先了一步。
• 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？
• They have a head start in this because they know what ACE inhibitors look like.
  研究人员在这一点上占有先机，因为他们已经了解ACE抑制剂的情况。
• 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。