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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某处有了一席之地，生命固有的改造本性就会着手改变环境，直到适合其他物种的生存。

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。

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。

That gives it a toehold, which allows room for improvement and, eventually, dominance.

克里斯坦森，发明了一条新术语："分裂性技术"。

Google plans to retain its engineering and sales offices in China so it can keep a technological toehold in the country and continue to sell ads for the Chinese-language version of its search engine in the U.S.

谷歌计划保留在中国的研发和销售办公室，以便保留在国内的技术立足点并继续在美国销售其搜索结果的中文版本广告。

Digging a toehold into these markets will be essential — and extremely challenging — if manufacturers, especially smaller players,are to survive.

挖一个立足点在这些市场将是至关重要的-和极具挑战性-如果制造商，特别是小公司，才能生存。

A few of these spores found a toehold on the dark, forbidding rocks and grew and began to work their transformation upon the land.

一些孢子在漆黑坚硬的岩石中找到了立足点，并生长起来，开始了它们向整个陆地蔓延的工作。

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。

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.

通过他们有效的广告，我们从事着把苹果的种子带到新的领地上的工作，让这些种子得到立足之地和扩张。

However, by isolating various types of rational behavior and pursuing them independently, researchers gain a toehold that can later be combined with progress in other areas to produce more intelligent agents.

但是，通过隔绝各种各样合理的行为并且独立的追踪他们，研究人员获得了一种以后克服被结合在其它区域生产智能工具困难的方法。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。