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1. VM ware Inc , a global leader in virtualisation software, said on Thursday it hopes to expand rapidly in China, a market where it has only recently established a toehold.

(全球最大虚拟软件生产商VMware Inc周四表示，希望在中国大展拳脚。该公司最近才在中国站稳阵脚。

2. get a toehold

vt. 想办法进入某些组织或结识某些人

3. There are factories in China that can and do produce cellular phones, but hardly enough to meet current demand or to gain a toehold for Chinese manufacturers.

中国有厂家可以并且确实在生产手机，但是对中国生产商来说，他们很难满足现有的市场需求，并且获得立足之地。

4. There are factories in China that can and do produce cellular phones but hardly enough to meet current demand or to gain a toehold for Chinese manufacturers.

中国的生产商虽然可以，也有能力生产移动电话，但是这远远不能满足中国市场的当前需求，也很难为国产品牌争得一席之地。

5. A few call centres have already got a toehold in the market and expect to expand fast when the cables arrive.

今年年底，其它两条光缆线也可能会在陆上修建。

6. "But I think that the primary concern is, Peshawar is critical.They cannot allow these guys to have a real toehold in that area.

他说：“我认为，最主要的考虑是，白沙瓦是一个关键地区。

7. 1.But the latter is gradually acquiring a toehold, with the appearance of new groupings which give off the strong whiff of Bin Laden.

但是现在基地组织正在逐渐获得初步的立足点，加沙地带出现了新的派系，大力鼓吹本拉登。

8. Another bank building a strategic toehold in Hong Kong is Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.

另一家在香港银行业建立战略立足点的银行是三菱东京UFJ银行(BankofTokyo-MitsubishiUFJ)。

9. On the other hand, when entering a fiercely competitive market, it may be necessary to accept a short-term loss by undercutting market prices to gain a market toehold.

另一方面，如果进入一个存在激烈竞争的市场，可能就需要压低价格，承受短期损失以求在市场上站稳脚跟。

10. In Packard's prairie the toehold of fire enables the existence of wildflowers which enable the existence of butterflies.

在帕克德的北美大草原，以火来清除障碍使野花得以生存，从而使蝴蝶得以生存。

11. One in three "adult-kids" whohave not left the parental nest say they are still living at home because theycannot afford to get a toehold on the property ladder by buying or renting.

在这些没有离开父母的“啃老族”中，有三分之一的人表示之所以这样做，是因为无力维持生计和支付房租，实乃无奈之举。

12. Family connections gave her a toehold in politics.

家庭关系使她在政治上获得了初步的立脚点

13. Smaller numbers of Bulgarians, Romanians, Moldovans, Ukrainians, Georgians and Russians also have a toehold in Greece.

少量的巴尔干人，罗马尼亚人，摩尔多瓦人，乌克兰人，格鲁吉亚人还有俄罗斯人也在希腊有立足之地。

14. Drawn in by their effective advertising, we do the work of carrying apple seeds to new territory where the species can gain a toehold and expand.

我们把这些种子带到能增加人类收入和适合它们扩张的新领域。

15. But more importantly, once one variety of life has a toehold in a place, the inherently transforming nature of life modifies the environment until it is fit for other species of life.

更重要的是，一旦生命的某个变体在那里某处有了立锥之地，生来固有造化本性的生命就会着手改变环境直到它适合其他物种的生存。

16. By the end of the day, the Allies had achieved a tenuous toehold that would be laboriously expanded over the next weeks and would lead ultimately to the Nazi defeat in the West.

最后,盟国取得了微小的立锥之地,在随后的几个星期,艰难地进一步扩大地盘,最终导致纳粹在西边的失利.

17. It isn't too late for companies that don't yet have a toehold outside the U.S., he adds.

杜格南表示，对于那些尚未把触角伸向海外的美国公司来说，现在还为时不晚。

18. 1.Right now CDMA has only a toehold in Asia,but it could become the standard there if it's successful in China.

现在码分多址在亚洲只是刚刚起步，但是一旦在中国取得成功，它将在这个国家成为标准技术。

19. The first phase of construction is done.Admiral Westwind has ordered a group of my men to establish a toehold further to the north.

第一期工程已经竣工，海军上将韦斯温命令我手下的一帮人前往北方建立一个小立足点。

20. American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks.

美国的外交努力为继续进行和平谈判提供了基础。

21. In the eyes of prospering mainstream commercial theatres these days, many of those plays may not be acceptable or will even be given a toehold.

若以当下繁荣的主流商业剧场的眼光，这些演出大多绝无可能成行，甚或难有立锥之地。

22. This is one reason why foreign banks trip over each other to get even a toehold in a Chinese bank.

这也是外资银行为何争先恐后要在中国银行业取得一个立足点的原因之一。

23. The firm is anxious to gain a toehold in the North American market.

这家公司急于在北美市场找到一个立脚点。

24. Such is our slippery toehold here on Earth, and so it has always been.

这就是我们站在地球上不稳定的脚跟，古往今来都是如此。