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

• You are rested and wake up early to get a head start.
  你休息好，早点醒来就第一个开始。
• The prince says maybe we should give you a head start.
  王子说我们该让你首先出发。
• It proved a brilliant initiative that gave Michelin a head start in the guidebook and road map publishing business.
  这被证明是一项明智的举措，它让米其林在旅行指南和行车路线图出版领域占据了领先位置。
• He's got a two-minute head start.
  他两分钟之前就离开了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just trying to give my man a head start, that's all.
  我只是想给我的朋友一个机会，就这么回事。
• This will give you a head start and then some.
  这会给你一个头开始，然后一些。
• 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。
• 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。