奇葩剧汉英词典

toehold

T 开头单词托福词汇

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈtəʊ.həʊld]
  • 美式音标 [ˈtoʊ.hoʊld]
  • 国际音标 ['təuhəuld]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 克服困难的办法，排除障碍的方法；小立足点

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。

    • 原声例句

  • About one-third of Southern white families at one time or another had at least a toehold in slave ownership.
    大约三分之一的南方白人家庭,在某一段时期至少都拥有过奴隶
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    • 权威例句

  • Last year, Norilsk bought U.S.-based Stillwater Mining to gain a toehold in North America.
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  • EDF, the state-owned energy giant, as a way of getting a toehold in the French market.
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  • Before the Unoh acquisition, Zynga bought China-based developer XPD Media for a toehold in the Mainland China market.
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词组短语

    短语

  • Toehold firm 有一定优势的微型企业
  • Toehold Hidding 试收购
  • toehold purchase 临界购买额
  • toehold d 排除障碍的方法
  • Toehold Switch 指尖转换

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (IN ROCK) a small hole or surface on a rock that is just big enough for a climber to put the end of his or her foot in or on
  • (STRONG FIRST POSITION) a strong first position from which further progress can be made

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you have a toehold in a situation, you have managed to gain an uncertain position or a small amount of power in it, which you hope will give you the opportunity to get a better or more powerful position.