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

• 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。
• He's got a two-minute head start.
  他两分钟之前就离开了。
• 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。
• I'm getting a head start on next semester.
  我在要开始先学下个学期的课。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Him and duck had bingo fuel and a head start home.
  他和鸭子本来可以又足够的燃料安全的回来的。
• They have a head start in that item.
  他们在那个项目上有优势。
• 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。