1·Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.
后来，知名公司竞相在自己的文件中加入这类专利，哪怕只是作为一种防御措施，以应对可能会抢先一步的竞争对手。
2·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。
3·What You Can Do: Simple: Beat him to the punch.
你能做的：这个简单：打他一拳。
4·Whitney actually beat Mayo to the punch.
惠特尼实际上比梅奥动作还要快。
5·He beat me to the punch and asked me the very same question first.
他抢先一步问了我同样的问题。
6·Amazon has already shown that it can beat both Apple and Google to the punch by offering to store customers' music collections in "lockers" in the cloud.
亚马逊已经表明，通过在云端“储物柜”提供存储客户的音乐收藏，它可以比苹果和Android捷足先登。
7·Rip : Well, I think my roommate is going to boot me out, so I've decided to beat him to the punch and move out.
雷普：唔，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。
8·Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.
后来，越来越多的老牌公司也竞相将此类专利入卷归档，至少作为防御措施，以防竞争对手抢占先机。
9·Paul wanted to eat the last cookie, but his brother beat him to the punch.
保罗原想把最后一块饼乾吃掉，但被他弟弟先下手为强。