生活中总会遇到这样的事情，要买的东西没有买到，被别人抢先一步买走了。那么用英语如何表达“抢先一步”呢？beat to the punch 就很地道！我们赶快来学习一它的用法吧！
例句1：We must get there first in order to beat him to the punch.
为了先发制人，我们必须先到达那里。
例句2：Tom beat me to the punch and asked me the very same question first.
汤姆抢先一步问了我同样的问题。
例句3：Tom wanted to eat the last cookie, but his brother beat him to the punch.
汤姆原想把最后一块饼乾吃掉，但被他弟弟先下手为强。
例句4：Jasper and his streaming video technology is about to beat Steve Jobs to the punch.
贾斯帕和他的流媒体视频技术将会抢先史蒂夫·乔布斯一步。
例句5：I think my roommate is going to boot me out, so I've decided to beat him to the punch and move out.
我觉得我室友想把我一脚踢开，所以我决定先发制人自己搬出去。
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