beat to the punch
占据优势地位。
常用释义
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基本释义
- 先下手为强：比喻在竞争中抢先一步，占据优势地位。
- 抢在前面：比喻在某个行动或事件之前先行动。
例句
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1·Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.后来，知名公司竞相在自己的文件中加入这类专利，哪怕只是作为一种防御措施，以应对可能会抢先一步的竞争对手。
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2·We must get there first in order to beat him to the punch.为了先发制人，我们必须先到达那里。
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3·What You Can Do: Simple: Beat him to the punch.你能做的：这个简单：打他一拳。
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4·Whitney actually beat Mayo to the punch.惠特尼实际上比梅奥动作还要快。
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5·He beat me to the punch and asked me the very same question first.他抢先一步问了我同样的问题。
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6·Amazon has already shown that it can beat both Apple and Google to the punch by offering to store customers' music collections in "lockers" in the cloud.亚马逊已经表明，通过在云端“储物柜”提供存储客户的音乐收藏，它可以比苹果和Android捷足先登。
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7·Rip : Well, I think my roommate is going to boot me out, so I've decided to beat him to the punch and move out.雷普：唔，我觉得我室友想把我一脚踢开，所以我决定先发制人自己搬出去。
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8·Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.后来，越来越多的老牌公司也竞相将此类专利入卷归档，至少作为防御措施，以防竞争对手抢占先机。
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9·Paul wanted to eat the last cookie, but his brother beat him to the punch.保罗原想把最后一块饼乾吃掉，但被他弟弟先下手为强。