They needed to make up ground on their competitors.
他们必须穷追猛赶竞争对手。
That is bad news for any firm that may hope that smartwatches can make up ground for maturing smartphone and tablet markets.
对于那些希望智能手表能在日益成熟的智能手机和平板电脑市场上占据一席之地的公司来说，这是个坏消息。
How can we make up ground on our competitors?
我们怎样才能赶上竞争对手？
The stock market then steadily picked up ground off that low.
之后，股市稳稳地从低点回升。
Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to make up ground on at least one of those two as they host Bolton Wanderers.
热刺希望至少追上以上两支球队中的一支，他们主场迎战博尔顿。
This year Google made great strides in the all-important mobile market, with Android making up ground on iPhone.
今年Google在移动市场取得了重大进展，Android对iPhone构成了威胁。
Home prices in 20 big American cities, by contrast, fell farther and have struggled to make up ground (see chart).
相比之下，美国20个大城市的房价下跌尤甚，并一直力图追赶(见图表)。
Critics have called these Banks the "derivatives dealers club," and they warn that the club is unlikely to give up ground easily.
批评者管这些银行叫做“衍生品交易员俱乐部”，他们警告说，这个俱乐部不会轻易放弃地盘。
With every stride, runners hit the ground with up to five times their body-weight.
赛跑者的每一步都以5倍于他们体重的力量撞击地面。
Aamir Khan set a goal to himself day by day and the minute he made it, he fell down on the ground and could hardly stand up.
阿米尔·汗每天都给自己设定一个目标，就在他实现目标的那一刻，他摔倒在地，几乎站不起来。
Either way, if its roots are pulled up from out of the ground as the tree topples over, then there's usually a big hole, a pit left in the ground where the roots used to be.
无论是哪种原因，如果树倒在地上时树根从地下被拔起，那么地面通常会有个大洞，在原来树根所在地留下一个坑。
When a stream of these negatively charged electrons comes within 100 meters of the ground it is met by a stream of positively charged particles that comes up from the ground.
当这些负电荷距离地面不到100米时，会遇到一股来自地面的正电荷粒子流。
You get a redistribution and mixing of soil as deep roots are ripped up from the ground.
当深根被从地上拔起时，你会得到土壤的重新分配和混合。
Sometimes, however, a stream of electrons following an established channel is met by a positive stream making a new path up from the ground.
然而，有时，沿着已建立的通道的电子流会遇到正的电子流，正的电子流从地面开始形成新的路径。
An angry elephant can trample an enemy to death or pick him up with his trunk and smash his hated enemy on the ground.
一头愤怒的大象可以把敌人踩死，也可以用鼻子把他提起来，把他讨厌的敌人击倒在地。
She swept up a hat from where it had fallen on the ground, and plunked it on her hair.
她拾起掉到地上的一顶帽子，并随手扣到了头上。
Ants swarmed up out of the ground and covered her shoes and legs.
蚂蚁从地里成群地爬出来，爬满了她的鞋和腿。
They have designed a system which pumps up water from nearly 1,000 feet below ground.
他们设计了一个能从地表以下1000英尺处抽水的系统。
Rake up the trash on the ground.
把地上的废料耙起来。
In the meantime, Pinocchio lifted himself up from the ground, and with one leap landed on the donkey's back.
就在这时，皮诺乔从地上爬起来，一纵身跳到驴子背上。
All of a sudden Peter, who had been lying on the ground, jumped up and bounded after the goats.
突然，一直躺在地上的彼得跳了起来，跟在山羊后面。
The sun has dried up the ground.
太阳晒得地面都乾渴了。
She swept up the grains of wheat that had spilled on the ground.
她扫了撒在地上的麦粒。
Plows cut into the ground, and lift up weeds, and other unwanted plants.
用犁把地犁开，拔除杂草和其他不需要的植物。
Without a tree to soak up moisture from the ground, the soil remains wetter than in the surrounding forest.
如果没有树木吸收地面中的水分，土壤一直会比周边的树林更加湿润。
He stooped to pick up something which had been lying on the ground beside him when he piped.
他吹笛子时弯下腰去捡起放在身边地上的什么东西。
Shanghai plans to build a vast underground network of malls, restaurants, and parking lots to make up for a lack of space above ground, according to a recent government report.
根据最近的一份政府报告，上海计划建设一个由购物中心、餐厅和停车场组成的庞大地下网络，以弥补地面空间的不足。
Red squirrels live high up in trees, while grey squirrels spend more of their time on the ground.
红松鼠生活在高高的树上，而灰松鼠则大部分时间生活在地面上。
As they dragged along the ground they fell asleep standing, stopped, woke up, moved another step and slept again.
他们在地上费力地走着，站着睡着了，停了下来，醒了过来，又走了一步，又睡着了。
She would show me flowers that look like cats claws, birds beaks, lions ears, doves feet, elks lips, and lizard tails growing right up out of the ground!
她指给我看的花朵有些长得像猫爪、像鸟嘴、像狮子耳朵、像鸽子脚、像麋鹿的嘴唇，还有些像从地里长出来的蜥蜴的尾巴！
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