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• ① 【竞赛】使优势者让步的比赛(赛马、赛跑等)中给予劣势者的优待

• ② 领先,先起步<over, on>
  • She went to an American school for two years, so she has a head start on [over] the other students in English.她念了两年美国学校,所以在英文方面她比其他学生领先了一步。