那位母亲不惜一切使她的孩子接受良好的教育，以便使他们能立足于社会。 The mother went to great lengths to provide her children with good education, to enable them to find their feet in a crowd.
也许要经过若干年这家新公司才能在市场上取得稳固的立足点。 It may be many years before the new company can gain a secure foothold in the market.
