toehold [ˈtoʊhoʊld]

例句:

• Mitsubishi Motors were anxious to get a toehold in the European market.
  三菱汽车急于在欧洲市场上取得初步的立足之地。
  
• The firm is anxious to gain a toehold in Europe.
  这家公司急于在欧洲找个立脚点。
  
• 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.
  
• He had a valuable toehold in one of the country's biggest chains of builder's merchants, Jewsons.
  来自THETIMES
• Instead, a small starter house, condo or fixer-upper is likely to be their first toehold in real estate.
  来自MSN
• Others suspicious of the U.S. questioned whether the American military would ever give up its toehold here.
  来自NPR