What better way than an innocuous LinkedIn invite to reconnect-and get a toehold in his private-equity network.

通过领英这种没有恶意的平台向他发出邀请，与其重新建立联系--然后他的私募股权网络中站稳脚跟，没有比这更好的方式了。

We're getting a toehold on the alcohol business.

这是我们酒类生意的起点。

Foreign lawyers keen to maintain a toehold in India's growing economy resigned themselves to establishing " best friend" relationships with local law firms.

渴长的经济中立足的外国律师得与当地律师事务所建立“最好的朋友”关系。

A nutrition brand called Kate Farms that makes organic, plant-based shakes has managed to find a toehold after more than $100 million of fund-raising.

一个名为 Kate Farms 的营养品牌生产有机植物奶昔，筹集了超过 1 亿美元的资金后成功找到了立足点。

Rosneft used its part ownership of Nayara Energy, an Indian refiner, to gain a toehold in one of the world's fastest growing consumer markets.

俄罗斯石油公司利用其炼油厂 Nayara Energy 的部分所有权，世界上长最快的消费市场之一获得立足点。

Had we not had the benefit of a greenhouse effect, the Earth might well have frozen over permanently, and life might never have gotten a toehold. But somehow life did.

要是我们没有受益于温室效应，地球很可能已经永久被冰雪覆盖。生命也许永远找到一块立足之地。但是，生命以某种方式出现了。