beachhead

noun

an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
更なる発展への道を切り開く最初の完成
- the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors
  その町は外で喫煙をすることを禁止する運動の足がかりとなった
- they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market
  彼らはロシアの市場で積極的に足場を得ようとしている
a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation
水陸両生操作で差押えられた敵の海岸線の橋頭堡
- the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead
  ドイツ人はアンツィオの橋頭堡を必死に封じ込めようとしていた

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