Dead water and dead sand contending for the upper hand.

止水和死沙在争斗着谁占上风。

They may struggle to gain ground on the winners.

他们很难在与获胜者竞争中占上风。

The walls are closing in. There is no turning back. The people will prevail.

这一政权已经四面楚歌。没有回旋余地。民众将占上风。

Then she's always cheering for the winning team.

这样她就随时都够为占上风球队加油。

Someone who has a high hand is domineering.

占上风人是专横。

What may be an even more misleading metaphor-for artificial intelligence (AI)-seems to be taking hold.

一个可误导性喻--对人工喻--似乎正在开始占上风。

But in the Somerset village of Hinton St George, the girls are still on top.

但在英国辛顿圣乔治桑莫塞郡，这里女性长寿例仍占上风。

Yet, the bat began to worry, as the birds started to move ahead.

然而，鸟儿们占上风时候，蝙蝠又开始担心。

Police are not the only ones trying to gain the upper hand here.

警察并不是唯一想占上风人。

And that's where the virus gains the upper hand.

这就是病毒占上风地方。

This is a very tense situation and we always hope that cooler heads would prevail.

现在局势非常紧张，我们一直希望冷静占上风。

Wolfe Herd describes the feature as a way to give women the upper hand.

沃尔夫·赫德将这一特征描述为让女性占上风一种方式。

They knew who had really won out in Cuba, and it wasn't them.

他们知道古巴事件中真正占上风并非自己。

I'm sure that goodwill will prevail and the money will be voted through.

我相信善意会占上风，这笔钱会被投票通过。

Szabo said the controversy, though, could give European companies the upper hand.

萨博说这场争议可使欧洲公司占上风。

It would help get you the upper hand.

这让你占上风。

But General Mark Milley insisted that a takeover by the Taliban was not a foregone conclusion.

但是马克·米莱将军坚持认为，塔利班暂时占上风并不代表阿富汗局势已成定局。

There is a risk of further escalation, because both sides believe they hold the stronger hand.

时态还可进一步恶化，因为双方都认为占上风是自己一方。

What are you talking about? We have the upper hand. Because without us, they have nothing.

你在说什么？我才占上风。如果没有我们，他们什么都没有。

Being both intelligent and brazen is the key to beating human beings on their home turf.

有勇有谋才在人类地盘占上风。