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head start

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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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 startSophomore 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 startHe'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


head startBrE /ˌhed ˈstɑːt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhed ˈstɑːrt/ 🔊 noun [singular] ~ (on/over sb) an advantage that sb already has before they start doing sth 起步前的优势Being able to speak French gave her a head start over the other candidates. 会说法语使她比其他候选人占优势。🔊🔊