toehold

单词toehold

基本解释

n.: 初步的地位；立足点；（攀登时可放进脚去的）小立足点
网络: 攀登立足点；小支点；立足股份

权威解释

• 初步的地位；立足点:

  a position in a place or an activity which you hope will lead to more power or success

• （攀登时可放进脚去的）小立足点，小支撑点:

  a very small hole or space on a cliff , just big enough to put your foot in when you are climbing

英汉解释

• 立足点,基础;实力

• 克服困难的办法

词性分析

• 复数：toeholds

同义词

n.footholdgripfootingledgegrasp

例句

• A few of these spores found a toehold on the dark, forbidding rocks and grew and began to work their transformation upon the land.

  这些孢子中的一个部分在黑暗中找到了一个立足点，可以防止石头滚过，它们生长然后开始在这片土地上面生长更替。

• Having thus established his toehold in the realm of presumption, Mr. Lazar now goes on to funnel thoughts into the mind of his own father.

  在以上作为假设的立足点后，Lazar先生现在则要进入到他父亲的思维通道中去了。

• It has even found a toehold in the frigid polar regions and in toxic dumps.

  在刺骨的两极地带和有毒废物中，生命也找到了立足之境。

• But India hasbeen slow in trying to gain a toehold, while Americaand the European Union have recently extended sanctions on Myanmar.

  但是印度在设法获得立脚点方面动作迟缓，而美国和欧盟却在近来延长了对缅甸的制裁期限。

• 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。

• Netizens allege that some guests do not enter the show to date, but merely to get a toehold in the world of show business.

  也有网友指出嘉宾里有一些并不是为了来找另一半的，只是为了更顺利地进入演艺界。

• A few call centres have already got a toehold in the market and expect to expand fast when the cables arrive.

  一些呼叫中心已经占据了市场，并有望在光缆建成之时得到迅速的发展。

• In Packard"s prairie the toehold of fire enables the existence of wildflowers which enable the existence of butterflies.

  在帕克德的北美大草原，以火来清除障碍使野花得以生存，从而使蝴蝶得以生存。

• Family connections gave her a toehold in politics.

  家庭关系使她在政治上获得了初步的立脚点。

• Yes, Google would love to get a toehold in the netbook and smart-phone markets, especially at Microsoft"s expense.

  的确，谷歌想在笔记本和智能手机市场有所涉足，特别是以牺牲微软为代价。