Headway

(noun.) forward movement; 'the ship made little headway against the gale'.

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• You can hardly realize, then, how difficult I found it at first, and how long I had to wait before I succeeded in making any headway. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The two main spans are 1,710 feet, and these both give a clear headway for navigation of 150 feet height. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But it could make no headway against the cheap labour of Europe in watch-making, and the country was flooded with watches of all qualities, principally from Switzerland and England. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• More alert and imaginative than other boys, and with an uncommonly good memory, he made great headway at Mr. Coryton’s grammar school, where he went when he was six. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Meanwhile the Turks were making great headway in Hungary. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• You make no headway. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It has a central span of 1,595? feet between the two towers, over which the suspension cables are hung, and has a clear headway beneath of 135 feet. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• It crosses two channels formed by the island of Inchgarvie, and each of the channel spans is 1710 feet in the clear and a clear headway of 150 feet under the bridge. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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