新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

ahead

英  [əˈhed]
    

[ADV]

    ADV. 副词
  • 1在前面地 , 笔直向前地

    Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you.

    双语例句

    例:

    Brett looked straight ahead.

    布瑞特向前直视。

    例:

    The road ahead was now blocked solid.

    前方道路现在被堵死了。

    2向前地

    You use ahead with verbs such as 'push', 'move', and 'forge' to indicate that a plan, programme, or organization is making fast progress.

    近义词

    forward

    双语例句

    例:

    Western countries were moving ahead with plans to send financial aid to all of the former Soviet republics.

    西方国家正推行对所有前苏联国家提供经济援助的计划。

    3提前地

    If you are ahead in your work or achievements, you have made more progress than you expected to and are performing well.

    双语例句

    例:

    First half profits have charged ahead from $127.6m to $134.2m.

    上半年利润已经提前从1.276亿美元提升到了1.342亿美元。

    4领先地

    If a person or a team is ahead in a competition, they are winning.

    双语例句

    例:

    Australia was ahead throughout the game.

    澳大利亚队在整场比赛中一直领先。

    例:

    The Communists are comfortably ahead in the opinion polls.

    共产党在民意调查中遥遥领先。

    5在将来

    Ahead also means in the future.

    双语例句

    例:

    A much bigger battle is ahead for the president.

    总统还将面临一场更大的战斗。

    6提前地

    If you prepare or plan something ahead, you do it some time before a future event so that everything is ready for that event to take place.

    双语例句

    例:

    The government wants figures that help it to administer its policies and plan ahead.

    政府想要可以助其提前实施其政策和计划的数据。

    7提前地

    If you go ahead, or if you go on ahead, you go in front of someone who is going to the same place so that you arrive there some time before they do.

    双语例句

    例:

    I went ahead and waited with Sean.

    我提前去了,和肖恩一起等。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • ahead of

    1在前面

    If someone is ahead of you, they are directly in front of you. If someone is moving ahead of you, they are in front of you and moving in the same direction.

    双语例句

    例:

    I saw a man in a blue jacket thirty yards ahead of me.

    我看见在我前面30码处有一个穿蓝色夹克的男人。

    2在将来

    If an event or period of time lies ahead of you, it is going to happen or take place soon or in the future.

    近义词

    before

    双语例句

    例:

    I tried to think about all the problems that were ahead of me tomorrow.

    我试着想考虑一下明天要面对的所有问题。

    例:

    Heather had been awake all night thinking about the future that lay ahead of her.

    海瑟整夜未眠,考虑着她所要面临的未来。

    3(竞赛中)领先于

    In a competition, if a person or team does something ahead of someone else, they do it before the second person or team.

    双语例句

    例:

    Robert Millar finished 1 minute and 35 seconds ahead of the Frenchman.

    罗伯特·米拉尔领先法国选手1分35秒完成比赛。

    4提前

    If something happens ahead of schedule or ahead of time, it happens earlier than was planned.

    双语例句

    例:

    The election was held six months ahead of schedule.

    选举比计划日程提前了6个月举行。

    5领先于

    If someone is ahead of someone else, they have made more progress and are more advanced in what they are doing.

    双语例句

    例:

    Henry generally stayed ahead of the others in the academic subjects.

    亨利的文化课成绩通常都好于其他人。