head start

英 [ˌhed ˈstɑːt]

美 [ˌhed ˈstɑːrt]

n.  起步前的优势

Collins.1

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

• Templates give you a big head start when you create a new database.
  在创建新数据库时，模板可为您提供一个良好的开端。
• Even a few minutes will give your day a head start. Be an early bird.
  即使是很少的几分钟都会给你的一天开个好头，做一只早起鸟。
• 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。
• This mapping provides a head start for nailing down the requirements and for the analysis and design workflows.
  这种映射为敲定需求和分析、设计工作流程提供了一个开头。
• Early prototypes during the inception and elaboration phases helped us confirm these choices and gave us a good head start on training, API familiarization, and development.
  在初始和细化阶段的早期原型帮助我们确认了这些技术的选择并给了我们在培训、API熟悉和开发上的良好开始。
• And they've got a head start on you.
  他们已经比你们抢先了一步。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。