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

• They have a head start in that item.
  他们在那个项目上有优势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even when he is sick, he works; even with his head start she caught up with him.
  即使在生病的时候，他还是坚持工作；尽管他领先过，她还是赶上他了。
• Creating the right environment for sleep in your bedroom can also give you a head start.
  在卧室营造一个良好的睡眠环境也可能有助于睡眠。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have a head start.
  我们起步较早。