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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Talks are finally beginning to make headway.
  谈判最终有了进展的迹象。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You are starting to make headway with your French!
  你的法语开始有进步了！