foothold• Westernnovels about women had a more difficult time finding a foothold.• This month, try to get a foothold on freedom.• Everybody is trying to get a foothold in the family moviemaking business.• In other words, there should be no footholds for an agileintruder.• Spreadsheets have typically adopted these commands in order to gain some foothold in the market.• It gave me the foothold I needed to pull myself up and look in at the window.• To lose your foothold was to be trodden down.
gain/establish a foothold• Keeping hydratedimproves the body's ability to trap and neutralize those microbes before they can gain a foothold.• These opportunistic diseases would not otherwise gain a foothold in the body.
From Longman Business Dictionary
footholdfoot·hold /ˈfʊthəʊld-hoʊld/ noun [countableC usually singular]
part of a market that a company obtains, hoping to obtain more of the same market or part of another larger market that is related to itSYN BEACHHEAD
Several U.S. companies have teamed up with Mexican retailers to get a foothold in the huge Mexican market.
1place to put your foot when climbing落腳的地方ADJECTIVE | VERB + FOOTHOLDADJECTIVE➤firm, secure穩當的踏腳處VERB + FOOTHOLD➤have有踏腳處▸➤find, get, scrabble for找到踏腳處;摸索着尋找踏腳的地方◇He found a secure foothold and pulled himself up.他找到了一個穩當的踏腳處並爬了上去。◇She scrabbled for a foothold on the steep grassy bank.她在長滿草的陡岸邊摸索踩腳的地方。foothold
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2strong position for making further progress立足點ADJECTIVE | VERB + FOOTHOLD | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤firm, secure, strong穩固的基礎;安全的立足點;強有力的立足點▸➤permanent永久的立足點VERB + FOOTHOLD➤have擁有立足點▸➤establish, gain, get, secure確立/獲得/取得/確保立足點◇The company is trying to gain a foothold in the European market.這個公司正設法立足歐洲市場。➤maintain保持立足點▸➤lose失去立足點▸➤regain重新獲得立足點➤give (sb/sth), provide (sb with)給(⋯)以基礎;(為某人)提供立足之處◇I hope the book will provide a foothold for students of the subject.我希望這本書能讓本專業的學生打下基礎。PREPOSITION➤foothold in在⋯的立足之處◇The company has a firm foothold in this market.公司在這個市場已經站穩了腳跟。