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

• The other racers knew they could not catch Michael if he got too big a head start.
  其他参赛者知道，如果一开始让迈克尔依靠太多的话，他们就追不上了。
• And he's got a three-day head start on us.
  而且他比我们早开始了3天。
• 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。
• We have a head start.
  我们起步较早。
• As he self-studied College English in high school, he has had a head start over his peers.
  他在中学就自学了大学英语，所以比其他同学领先了一步。
• And I said: I benefited so much from the war on poverty. I was in Head Start.
  于是，我说：我以前就是从贫困战中获益的人。
• 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。
• It gives us a decisive head start in a competitive and tough market.
  它给予了我们在这群雄鏖战的市场一个决定性的先机。
• 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。
• The prince says maybe we should give you a head start.
  王子说我们该让你首先出发。