1. The home team was beginning to gain the upper hand. 主队正开始占上风。
2. When we sleep, for example, the saliva stream slows, and sulfur producing bacteria gain the upper hand, producing classic "morning breath". 例如，当我们睡觉时，唾液流变慢，产生硫的细菌占上风，便会产生典型的“晨起口臭”。
3. What is good politics may be bad morals, and in fact, by a strange fatality, where morals and politics clash, the latter generally gets the upper hand. 好的政治可能是不道德的，事实上，由于一种奇怪的宿命，当道德和政治发生冲突时，后者通常占上风。
4. The stern mother has gained the upper hand of the family. 这位严厉的母亲掌管了全家。
