The home team was beginning to gain the upper hand.

主队正开始占上风。

When we sleep, for example, the saliva stream slows, and sulfur producing bacteria gain the upper hand, producing classic "morning breath".

例如，当我们睡觉时，唾液流变慢，产生硫的细菌占上风，便会产生典型的“晨起口臭”。

What is good politics may be bad morals, and in fact, by a strange fatality, where morals and politics clash, the latter generally gets the upper hand.

好的政治可能是不道德的，事实上，由于一种奇怪的宿命，当道德和政治发生冲突时，后者通常占上风。

The stern mother has gained the upper hand of the family.

这位严厉的母亲掌管了全家。

Warsaw has the upper hand for now.

现在，华沙占据了上风。

We got the upper hand.

我们占了上风。

In this area, women have the upper hand.

在这方面，女性则占据优势。

So far, caterpillars seem to have the upper hand.

目前，毛毛虫稍占上风。

For now, though, investors are enjoying the upper hand.

然而现在，投资者还在享受占上风的乐趣。

Now, at least, Mr Kan can claim to have the upper hand.

现在至少菅先生能声称自己占上风。

Now, new research might give goalies the upper hand.

不过现在，新的研究成果或许可以帮上守门员一忙。

It is easy to see which side thinks it has the upper hand.

显而易见，哪一方认为自己占上风。

Right now, Chrysler holds the upper hand in the merger.

目前，克莱斯勒已在合并中取得先手。

Now, technology means the townies are gaining the upper hand.

现在，科技意味着城市人在这场论战中占了上风。

He becomes arrogant when he has the upper hand, as he does now.

一旦占了上风时，就会变得傲慢，正如现在这样。

But if it really did so, other countries would get the upper hand.

但是如果真的公开了，其他国家就占了上风。

For the last 30 years, France has had the upper hand in major tournaments.

在过去的30年中，法国队一直在重要赛事中占据上风。

All this raises the question of who has the upper hand on Wall Street now.

所有这些都让人们提出疑问：现在在华尔街里，究竟是谁占了上风。

These days the media conglomerates have the upper hand in most negotiations.

时下的传媒巨头在大多数谈判时都占有优势。

This works, even if you don't have the upper hand and you really need the job.

这方法挺管用，即使你不处于优势，并且你确实需要这份工作。

Why young men have the upper hand in bed, even when they're failing in life.

为什么日常生活中男性越失败地位越低，他们在床上的主动权反而越多呢。

Were the arrests an attempt to unsettle Rio and gain the upper hand in the negotiations?

逮捕力拓雇员是否是为了令力拓不安，以及在谈判中占得上风？

During the North Africa campaign, whichever side had air superiority had the upper hand.

在北非战役中，哪一边具有空中优势哪一边就占上风。

Calming down wasn't a possibility for this man - his emotions so clearly had the upper hand.

让其平静下来对于这样的人没有可能性——他的情绪已经占了上风。

Chinese negotiators often use booze to break down barriers—and to try to get the upper hand.

中方的谈判代表通常在酒桌上破除隔阂，然后试图占上风。

It is a fair point, but as the months drag on, the "weak" case has been gaining the upper hand.

这个观点比较中肯，但是几个月过去了，“软弱”占了上风。

Right now, the Republicans see themselves as successful blackmailers, holding a clear upper hand.

目前共和党认为他们的威胁得逞，明显占了上风。

The lack of folate might enable cancer to get the upper hand, allowing mutations to occur unchecked.

缺少叶酸则可能会使肿瘤占上风，使之发生未加抑制的突变。