英语释义

• a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made;

  "American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks"

  "his father gave him a toehold in the oil business"

• a small foothold used in climbing

• a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints

片语

Toehold Hidding试收购

toehold purchase临界购买额

Toehold firm有一定优势的微型企业

toehold d排除障碍的方法

Toehold Switch指尖转换

英汉例句

• 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。

• apple「s best shot at gaining a toehold in one of the most sophisticated mobile markets on the planet is to appeal to as many of japan」s 108 million mobile subscribers as possible.

  苹果想要在全球最成熟的手机市场之一日本立足的最佳方法就是尽可能赢得日本1亿800万手机用户。

• 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。

• 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。

• one reason why emerging-market companies are keen for a toehold in rich countries is that the business climate there is far friendlier than at home.

  新兴市场公司在富有国家非常热情的寻求立足点的一个原因是，那里的商业环境比本土更为友好。

• though many of them put up with great hardship to establish a toehold in this new italy, eventually they earned enough to join a new consumer society.

  尽管他们中大多数都为了要在新大利给自己找个立足之地而承受巨大的困难，但他们最后还是挣足了钱迈进了新兴的买房市场经济。

• this month in photo of the day: national geographic magazine featurespioneering plants get a toehold above the tide line on australia「s fraser island.

  澳大利亚的弗雷泽岛上，开拓性的植物在海岸沙丘的潮水界线以外生根立足。

• pioneering plants get a toehold above the tide line on australia」s fraser island.

  澳大利亚的弗雷泽岛上，开拓性的植物在海岸沙丘的潮水界线以外生根立足。

• the development of reefs owes much to oceanic volcanoes such as manado tua, near the northeastern tip of sulawesi. the submerged slopes of the volcanoes give corals a toehold on which to grow.

  各种珊瑚的发展极大地得益于海洋火山，如苏拉威西岛东北端附近的万鸦老图阿。

• the flexible economy will remain attractive to multinationals seeking a toehold in europe, especially if it keeps its low corporate-tax rate. domestic demand is still depressed—a big concern.

  爱尔兰灵活的经济体仍旧对谋求在欧洲站稳脚跟的跨国公司充满吸引力，特别是它保持着低企业税率。

• malik and abdul are pakistanis who, having gained a toehold on the european mainland, sell phone cards on barcelona street corners and sleep eight to a room in the stuffy spanish summer.

  已在欧洲大陆立足的巴基斯坦人马利克和阿布多，在巴塞罗那的街角贩卖电话卡，并在西班牙闷热的夏天睡在一个八人合住的房间里。

• 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。

• if you can muster a toehold in the project plan, be forward-looking in your designs.

  如果能够在项目计划中找到立足点，则可以在设计中融入前瞻思想。

• an eternity ago, people in this city in northern san joaquin county braved four-hour round-trip commutes to the san francisco bay area for a toehold on the dream.

  很久以来，在这个sanjoaquin县的小城镇里的人常常花来回4小时的时间到旧金山海湾地区来感受梦想实现的感觉。

• still, mrs merkel has made one thing clear. in reality, serbia—which now has only a toehold in kosovo—can either join the eu without kosovo, or not join the eu without kosovo.

  默克尔的言论明确了一件事情，那就是塞尔维亚事实上只有一个选择，要么为了加入欧盟而放弃科索沃主权；要么放弃加入欧盟，但是也得不到科索沃。

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

  网友们表示，很多嘉宾并不是为了找另一半，而是为了进入娱乐圈而来。

• 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。

• walmart began sniffing around south africa three years ago, seeking a toehold on a continent where consumer spending power has risen sharply in the past decade.

  于是三年前沃尔玛开始转向南非，搜寻商机，企望在这个十年间消费能力猛涨的地方找到立足之地。

• so it’s possible that the sun destroyed the wrong-handed amino acids, denying mirror life its construction materials before it could get a toehold on this planet.

  因此，有可能是太阳破坏了右旋氨基酸，在镜像生命还未能立足于地球时，就掐断了它的原材料供应。

• and some researchers say liquid water may periodically form just below the planet's surface - which may provide just enough of a toehold for life to survive there.

  而且有些研究者称液态水可能会定期形成于行星地表之下——由此可能为生命的生存提供了足够的立足点。

• yet it is probably worthwhile to get a toehold in a congested market.

  不过能在争夺如此激烈的市场上取得立足之地也许是值得了。

相似词

footing步行；在…上行走；总计（foot的ing形式）