make headway

1. He is not disappointed at the failure to make headway towards resolving their differences
   他们之间的分歧依然未能解决，他对此并不感到沮丧。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. You can make headway if you share your intentions with someone you care about.
   如果你和你关心的人分享你的打算，你会得到进展。
5. In some ways, the auto industry's love of minicars here is reminiscent of Japanese smartphone makers, which geared features heavily toward Japanese consumers and struggled to make headway overseas.
   在某种程度上，日本汽车业对微型车的青睐令人联想起日本智能手机制造商的境况，后者开发了非常迎合日本消费者的功能，而难以在海外市场取得进展。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Sponsoring a global event like the World Cup is particularly enticing to any company looking to make headway overseas.
   赞助世界杯这样的全球赛事对于期待进军海外市场的公司来说格外具有吸引力。
9. 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。
10. Eg. we cannot make headway in the countryside unless we perform this task.
    这个任务如果不解决，我们在农村中就不能前进。
11. The ships have to make headway against the heavy seas. The stormy waves pounded against the rocks.
    这些船将必须与浪涛汹涌的大海搏击。汹涌澎湃的波浪猛烈地冲击着岩石。
12. 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。
13. Analysts say it has been able to make headway because of management determination to understand overseas markets, overcome cultural issues and transform Lenovo into a global enterprise.
    分析师们表示，联想已能在这方面取得进展，因为管理层决心去了解海外市场、克服文化问题并将联想打造为一家国际企业。
14. If the negotiations between the rich nations and the poor nations make headway, it is intended that a ministerial session in December should be arranged.
    如果富国和穷国之间的谈判获得进展的话，就打算在12月份安排召开部长级会议。
15. Peter ( now Lord) Mandelson sought to reform the anti-dumping laws while he was trade commissioner, but was unable to make headway.
    曼德尔森勋爵（lordmandelson）在担任欧盟贸易专员期间，曾寻求改革反倾销法律，但未能取得进展。
16. To make headway this time around, Tibetan and Chinese negotiators must work amid the charged political environment.
    要在这一次取得进展，双方谈判代表必须在紧张的政治氛围中行事。
17. 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。
18. Eight years ago, the sport seemed to make headway in matching that growing interest with strong play on the field.
    亚洲球队八年前的赛场表现非常精彩，越来越大的财务投入似乎是取得了一定的实效。
19. Talks are finally beginning to make headway.
    谈判最终有了进展的迹象。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. China has pledged to substantially cut greenhouse gas emissions from its factories and power plants, in a bid to make headway in the stalled United Nations climate change talks.
    中国已承诺大幅削减其工厂与发电站的温室气体排放量，以推动已陷入停滞的联合国（un）气候变化谈判。
24. In other words, unless his ideas are adopted, the worker-peasant alliance has no hope of success, national construction cannot make headway, and there will be no hope for socialism!
    就是说，如果不采纳梁漱溟的意见，就没有希望搞好工农联盟，就办不好国家建设，社会主义也就没有希望了！
25. In Kurdistan the reformists of Goran, which did well in regional elections a year ago, failed to make headway.
    库尔德改革派政党戈兰在去年的地方选举中取得了不错的成绩，但这次也未能更进一步。
26. It wasn't until I started to make headway ( albeit incremental) in Chinese that I started to feel truly comfortable here, to begin becoming Tall Rice.
    只有我在中文方面进步了，我才开始真正适应，开始成为米高。
27. In order to make headway, it is essential to sum up the relationship between the project and the industrial structure adjustment and promulgate the follow-up policy.
    退耕还林工程的实施与农村产业结构调整关系密切，为保证工程取得成效，有必要总结工程实施对产业结构调整的影响，并制定完善的工程后续政策。
28. You are starting to make headway with your French!
    你的法语开始有进步了！
29. The project of the Three Gorges attracts worldwide attention, but the key to make headway and to success in this project lies just in the migration work.
    移民工作是三峡工程进展和成功的关键，目前已经进入二期移民。
30. With the development of the ages, P.E teaching reform in high school is pushing to make headway constantly.
    伴随着时代的发展，高校体育教学改革也在不断地推向前进。

verb

1. 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