make headway

英 [meɪk ˈhedweɪ]

美 [meɪk ˈhedweɪ]

前进;取得进展

英英释义

verb

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
  1. The home team was gaining ground
  2. After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
  Synonym:gainadvancewinpull aheadget aheadgain ground

双语例句

• This could explain why Britain, a nation passionate about tea-drinking but where almost everybody adds milk to their cup, fails to make headway against cardiovascular disease.
  这就是英国这个热爱饮茶，却几乎人人都往茶中加牛奶的国度在对抗心血管疾病方面并无进展的原因。
• The Delegation stated that it had worked in good faith, wanting to make headway and had shown as much flexibility as it could.
  代表团指出，它为了取得一些进展一直在真诚地工作，并且也尽其所能地表现出了最大的灵活性。
• The trips can also give students a chance to make headway in China for their day jobs.
  这些交流访问也让学员们有机会在中国取得日常工作方面的进展。
• Equities will find it hard to make headway in 2009 and there will not be a strong recovery until credit market conditions show real signs of improvement and forced selling abates.
  股市会发现，在2009年很难取得进展。而且，在信贷市场显示出真正好转的迹象以及被迫抛售的情况减轻之前，不会出现强劲的反弹。
• To be sure, the incentives are increasing for China and Brazil to make headway on investment and Chinese companies have made some inroads.
  可以肯定，推动中国与巴西在投资方面进一步合作的激励因素正在增加，而且中国企业已经取得了一些进展。
• On Tuesday, the foreign ministers of the two nations met at the United Nations but failed to make headway in talks.
  周二，中国外交部长和日本外务大臣在联合国举行会面，但会谈没有取得进展。
• The US company has long dominated the market for processors in desktop and notebook computers, but has yet to make headway supplying chips for smartphones and tablets, which are now having an impact on demand for traditional PCs.
  长期以来，英特尔一直在台式电脑和笔记本电脑处理器市场上占据着主导地位，但在已经对传统个人电脑需求构成冲击的智能手机和平板电脑芯片市场上，英特尔尚无建树。
• Western-based exchanges have also regularly failed to make headway developing derivatives contracts for Middle East crude in the last 20 years.
  西方交易所在过去20年内也无法成功制定针对中东原油的衍生品合约。
• Alcatel is also relatively strong in North America, a region where Nokia has only begun to make headway after recent deals with Sprint.
  此外，相对来说阿尔卡特在北美的实力也很强，而诺基亚在该地区才刚刚通过近期与Sprint的交易取得进展。
• Foreign banks are failing to make headway in China and will not create profitable mainland businesses just through riding the expected growth in the markets, according to a study.
  一份研究报告显示，外资银行在华业务一直未能取得太大进展，仅靠搭乘内地市场预期增长的顺风车，也将无法实现盈利。