gain ground

赢得地位占领阵地获利占领区

gain ground 的定义

  1. Advance, make progress; also, win acceptance. For example, The new conservation policy is gaining ground among the voters. This expression alludes to a military advance in which an army literally takes territory from the enemy. Its figurative use dates from about 1800. For an antonym, see lose ground.

gain ground 近义词

v. 动词 verb

make progress

更多gain ground例句

  1. For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
  2. That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
  3. The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
  4. That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
  5. The Eighty-ninth Congress was potentially more fertile ground for the broad range of controversial programs on his dream agenda.
  6. A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
  7. He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.
  8. The Vine is a universal favorite, and rarely out of view; while it often seems to cover half the ground in sight.
  9. Entrez donc, 'tis the work of one of your compatriots; and here, though a heretic, you may consider yourself on English ground.
  10. Then the enemy's howitzers and field guns had it all their own way, forcing attack to yield a lot of ground.