The aristocratic optimates had gained the upper hand over the reformers, and ambitious tributes thought twice before messing with the establishment.

贵族的贵族派据了改革派的上风有野心的护民官也不敢动。

I've got the upper hand over you, Fagin; and, d—me, I'll keep it.

我你了上风，费金；而且，d-me，我会保留它。

Police have gained the upper hand over the drug dealers in the area.

【upper】警方在与该地区的毒品贩子的较量中据了上风。

Then, on the third day of their fight, Ferdiad began to gain the upper hand over the exhausted Cu Chulainn.

然后， 在他们战斗的第三天，Ferdiad 开始对疲惫不堪的 Cu Chulainn 据上风。

As such, different populations of killer whales have had to learn different hunting techniques in order to gain the upper hand over their local prey.

如此，不同种群的虎鲸不得不学习不同的狩猎技巧，以便在追捕当地猎物中据上风。

No military action has been taken and the coup leaders appeared to have gained upper hand over the regional group that issued the threat, analysts say.

分析人士说，军方没有采取任何军事行动，相威胁的地区组织来说，政变领导人似乎据了上风。

Still, if Britain did not have the upper hand over China 1,000 years ago, it did soon after, at least in terms of real output per person.

尽管如此，如果英国没有在一千年前得中国上风，那么在不久后也会如此，至少在人均实际产上是如此。

For centuries, yogis and Buddhists have used controlled breathing techniques like this to gain the upper hand over the nervous system and science is beginning to understand how it works.

数百年来, 瑜伽士和佛教徒已经用过这种控制呼吸的技巧来控制神经系统，科学界也开始了解它的工作机制。

Just letting a dog pass through a door before you or stand on the stairs above you is to risk encouraging it to believe that it is getting the upper hand over you and the rest of the household.

例如，若允许狗在你之前进门或上台阶就会让狗觉得自己可凌驾于你和家人之上。