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词汇 inside track
释义
inside track
noun a position of advantage; information which provides such an advantage. A figurative use of racing wisdom US, 1857

the inside track

An advantage over someone or something. I hope I have the inside track on the competition, thanks to my extensive student teaching experience.

*inside track

Fig. an advantage (over someone) gained through special connections, special knowledge, or favoritism. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) If I could get the inside track, I could win the contract. The boss likes me. Since I've got the inside track, I'll probably be the new office manager.

inside track, the

A position of special advantage. The term comes from racing, alluding to the inner or shorter track of a course, on which it is easier to win. It originated in America in the mid-nineteenth century. “It gave him the inside track, as the sporting men say, with reference to any rival” (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Guardian Angel, 1867).
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