whip hand

名词 whip hand:

1. position of advantage and control
   同义词：upper hand

1. The other team, holding the whip hand, seemed to relax midway through the first half.
   另一支球队控制了场面，所以整个上半场的比赛显得很轻松。
2. Their opponents had the whip hand and it was useless to resist.
   他们因对手权柄在握，反抗也没用。
3. Even when she gives me a twenty-point start, Gill always seems to have the whip hand over me when we play Scrabble.
   即使我们玩拼学游戏时，吉尔让我20点的话，她也似乎总是占优势。