toehold

noun

1. 初步的地位；立足点
   a position in a place or an activity which you hope will lead to more power or success
   1. The firm is anxious to gain a toehold in Europe.
      这家公司急于在欧洲找个立脚点。
2. （攀登时可放进脚去的）小立足点，小支撑点
   a very small hole or space on a cliff , just big enough to put your foot in when you are climbing

1. N-COUNT 初步的立足点
   If you have a toehold in a situation, you have managed to gain an uncertain position or a small amount of power in it, which you hope will give you the opportunity to get a better or more powerful position.
   1. Mitsubishi Motors were anxious to get a toehold in the European market.
      三菱汽车急于在欧洲市场上取得初步的立足之地。

1. Mitsubishi Motors were anxious to get a toehold in the European market.
   三菱汽车急于在欧洲市场上取得初步的立足之地。
2. The challenge: getting a toehold in a market with more than 2,000 U.S. craft brewers and a few dominant Global Titans.
   挑战：前有2000多家美国手工啤酒厂，后有占据市场主导地位的几家全球啤酒业巨头，面对如此险境，如何才能在市场中抢占一席之地？
3. If you can muster a toehold in the project plan, be forward-looking in your designs.
   如果能够在项目计划中找到立足点，则可以在设计中融入前瞻思想。
4. They cannot allow these guys to have a real toehold in that area.
   巴基斯坦人不能允许激进分子在那里有一个真正的立足之地。
5. A few of these spores found a toehold on the dark, forbidding rocks and grew and began to work their transformation upon the land.
   这些孢子中的一个部分在黑暗中找到了一个立足点，可以防止石头滚过，它们生长然后开始在这片土地上面生长更替。
6. Another bank building a strategic toehold in Hong Kong is Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
   另一家在香港银行业建立战略立足点的银行是三菱东京UFJ银行（BankofTokyo-MitsubishiUFJ）。
7. Modern China has long been a magnet for global multinational corporations seeking both efficiency and a toehold in the world's most populous market.
   在当代，中国作为一个世界上人口最多的市场，长期以来一直对追求效益并且想要分得一杯羹的全球跨国公司有着强烈的吸引力。
8. He still has to find a toehold in the industry, but it doesn't seem hard for Smita Patil's son, Prateik Babbar, who has got good films in his hands.
   他还必须找到在业内站稳脚跟，但它似乎并不斯米塔帕蒂尔的儿子，Prateik巴巴尔，谁拥有在他手中好电影难。
9. Netizens allege that some guests do not enter the show to date, but merely to get a toehold in the world of show business.
   也有网友指出嘉宾里有一些并不是为了来找另一半的，只是为了更顺利地进入演艺界。
10. Such a quid pro quo was the basis for allowing foreign broadcasters their current toehold in the southern province of Guangdong, but the lack of any obvious desire for more Chinese TV among US viewers makes it commercially dubious.
    这种交换是目前允许外国广播电视公司在广东省立足的基础，但美国观众对收看更多中国电视节目的意愿并不明显，这使得上述交换在商业上是否可行还不确定。
11. The firm is anxious to gain a toehold in the North American market.
    这家公司急于在北美市场找到一个立脚点。
12. Pioneering plants get a toehold above the tide line on Australia's Fraser Island.
    先驱植物在澳大利亚弗雷泽岛的潮汐线上获得立足之地。
13. We'd like to get a toehold in the Japanese market.
    我们要先在日本市场有立足之处。

noun

1. a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints

2. a small foothold used in climbing

3. a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made
   1. American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks
   2. his father gave him a toehold in the oil business