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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• You are starting to make headway with your French!
  你的法语开始有进步了！
• 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。