foothold

单词foothold

基本解释

n.: 立足点；立足处（攀登时足可踩的缝、洞、树枝等）
网络: 据点；立足之地；凉鞋

权威解释

• 立足处（攀登时足可踩的缝、洞、树枝等）:

  a crack, hole or branch where your foot can be safely supported when climbing

• （可以此发展或取得成功的）稳固地位，立足点:

  a strong position in a business, profession, etc. from which sb can make progress and achieve success

英汉解释

• 立足点,【军事】据点

• 势力

• 支柱

• 支架

• 脚根

• 〔植〕根

词性分析

• 复数：footholds

同义词

n.positionbasepurchasegriptoehold

例句

• The Kosmos bid was to be Exxon"s first major purchase in a decade and give it a major foothold in the region.

  收购Kosmos在加纳油田权益将成为埃克森美孚10年来进行的首笔大型交易，并将使该公司在西非找到一个主要的立足之地。

• The company set up to begin, the "honest management, high-quality service" as a foothold of this.

  公司成立开始，就以“诚实经营，高质服务”作为立足之本。

• The leasing portfolio is not just a sideline; it is seen as a way of getting a foothold in other business.

  租赁组合不只是一种副业；人们认为这是争取在其他行业立足的一个办法。

• The company has been trying to strengthen its foothold in Asia for some time.

  在相当一段时期内，通用公司一直试图巩固它在亚洲的地位。

• However, gaining a foothold as a freelancer in a very competitive translation market may turn out to be a pretty complicated business.

  然而，作为一个自由职业者要在一个竞争非常激烈的翻译市场获得立足，可能最终会事与愿违。

• If the new SDL can be a foothold in this market segment, at least on the sales will not be much problem.

  如果新思迪能在这个细分市场站住脚，那么至少销量上不会有太大问题。

• Domestic products are just beginning to gain a foothold --for now, they are unable to compete in volume or price with imported brands.

  才刚起步的本土咖啡业，在产量和价位上一时还无法与进口咖啡相比。

• The sale was a blow to Eon, which had hoped to gain a foothold in the fast-growing Brazilian market, where EDP has extensive operations.

  这笔交易是对意昂集团的一次打击，该集团曾希望在快速增长的巴西市场得到一个立足点。EDP在巴西拥有广泛的业务。

• It also carried minute crustaceans, no doubt grateful for a foothold of any kind on this huge sea.

  它们也携带少量的甲克类生物，无疑能为大海上的鸟类提供歇脚的地方。

• And China is building oil pipelines and ports that will give it a hugely important strategic foothold on Burma"s Indian Ocean coast.

  此外，中国正在缅甸建造输油管道和港口，这将让其在缅甸印度洋沿岸获得极为重要的战略立足点。