[ zhànshàngfēng ] gain [get; have] the upper hand; have the advantage (over); take the wind; establish one's supremacy; get [gain] ascendancy over; get sb.'s whiphand; take an advantageous position; come out on top; prevail over
占有者在诉讼中通常占上风: possession is nine points of the law
在攻击对方时必须袭其不意才能占上风: it is only by attacking the other side unprepared that we can stand in advantage
Example Sentences:
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She always gets the better of our quarrels . 我们吵架时她总是占上风。
2.
The revolutionary point remained primary . 革命的观点继续占上风。
3.
At present the wet methods seem to be in the ascendancy . 目前看来湿法似占上风。
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Hybrids apparently excel in competitive ability on the intermediate soils . 在居间土壤上杂种显然在竞争能力上占上风。
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It is only by attacking the other side unprepared that we can stand in advantage . 在攻击对方时，必须袭其不意，才能占上风。
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"i don't know about that," said halidome, more and more superior as shelton grew warmer . “这一点我不知道，”哈立桐说，谢尔顿越激动，他就越占上风。
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He knew that if the subject had been one on which humphrey held strong views they would have prevailed . 他知道如果汉弗莱在这个议题上有鲜明的观点，他的论点就会占上风。
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Between the two they proved the saying that wars are about whose version of history will predominate . 他们之间的辩论完全证明了这样一条谚语：战争就是要看谁对历史所做的解释能占上风。
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The russians, both on land and in the air, had now the upper hand, and the germans can have had few hopes of ultimate victory . 俄国人在陆军和空军方面，都已占上风，而德国人要想能够获得最后的胜利，已经没有多大的希望了。
