gain on

yetişmek, aradaki farkı kapatmak

Öndeki kişiden daha hızlı ilerleyerek aradaki mesafeyi azaltmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To get closer to someone ahead of you by moving faster than them.

• We are gaining on them.
• The cyclist gained on the leader near the finish.
• Is the car behind us gaining on us?

Nasıl kullanılır: gain on someone/something (Our boat is gaining on theirs.)

Eş anlamlılar: catch up with, close on

Zıt anlamlılar: fall behind

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: gain on someone, gain on leaders

ilerlemek, alanını genişletmek

Bir alana giderek daha fazla yayılıp o alanı kaplamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To spread farther into an area and gradually take it over.

• The sea gains on the shore.
• Floodwater gained on the fields overnight.
• Each winter, the ocean gains on this stretch of land.

Nasıl kullanılır: gain on something (The sea slowly gained on the land.)

Eş anlamlılar: encroach on, advance into

Zıt anlamlılar: retreat

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: gain on land, gain on shore

etkilemek, nüfuz kazanmak

Birinin düşüncelerini veya kararlarını zamanla daha çok etkileyebilir hale gelmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To gradually become able to affect what someone thinks or decides.

• His advice gained on the ruler.
• Her kindness gradually gained on the old man.
• The minister hoped to gain on the queen through careful argument.

Nasıl kullanılır: gain on someone (Her patient reasoning gained on the king.)

Eş anlamlılar: influence, sway

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: gain on someone, gain on opinion

üstün gelmek, avantaj elde etmek

Rakibinden daha güçlü veya başarılı duruma gelmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To become stronger or more successful than someone or something opposing you.

• The enemy began to gain on us.
• In their struggle for power, she gained on her rival.
• His determination gained on their resistance until they agreed.

Nasıl kullanılır: gain on someone/something (The rebels gained on their opponents as support grew.)

Eş anlamlılar: get the better of, outdo

Zıt anlamlılar: lose to

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: gain on opponents, gain on someone