- (站得住脚) have a foothold somewhere; keep a foothold:
establish oneself in society;立足社会
be difficult to keep a foothold for sb.;(某人)难于立足
- (处于某种立场) base oneself upon:
立足的用法和样例:
例句
那位母亲不惜一切使她的孩子接受良好的教育,以便使他们能立足于社会。
The mother went to great lengths to provide her children with good education, to enable them to find their feet in a crowd.
也许要经过若干年这家新公司才能在市场上取得稳固的立足点。
It may be many years before the new company can gain a secure foothold in the market.