head start
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌhead ˈstart noun [countable] 1 ADVANTAGEan advantage that helps you to be successful 起步时的优势give somebody/get/have a head start Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school. 送孩子上幼儿园,让他们赢在起跑线上。2. DSa start in a race in which you begin earlier or further ahead than someone else 〔赛跑中的〕先起跑,抢先
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head start• Sophomore Marvin Powell will have a chance to get a head start at fullback over incoming freshman Ted Iacenda.• It was half a mile to the chip shop, so you had to get a head start.• He had a head start, in that he was already a self-made eccentric.• So give her a head start.• Hey, look on the bright side, at least it gives them a head start for their biology GCSEs.• This will give you a head start and make it difficult for the driver to follow.give somebody/get/have a head start• He'd given me a head start in my inquiries.• Hey, look on the bright side, at least it gives them a head start for their biology GCSEs.• Do not try to give yourself a head start by dieting earlier than you should.• This will give you a head start and make it difficult for the driver to follow.• He wouldn't be expecting it, and that would give her the head start she needed.ˌhead ˈstart nounChineseSyllable
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head start
ˌhead ˈstart
noun [countable]
1. an advantage that helps you to be successful
give somebody/get/have a head start
Give your children a head start by sending them to nursery school.
2. a start in a race in which you begin earlier or further ahead than someone else
ˌhead ˈstart
noun [countable]1. an advantage that helps you to be successful
give somebody/get/have a head start
2. a start in a race in which you begin earlier or further ahead than someone else