ahead of

BrE

/əˈhed əv/

NAmE

/əˈhed əv/

preposition

further forward in space or time than sb/sth; in front of sb/sth （时间、空间）在…前面

◆Two boys were ahead of us. 有两个男孩在我们前面。

◆Ahead of us lay ten days of intensive training. 我们将要进行十天的强化训练。

earlier than sb/sth 早于

◆I finished several days ahead of the deadline. 我是在最后期限的前几天完成的。

further advanced than sb/sth; in front of sb, for example in a race or competition 领先

◆She was always

well ahead

of the rest of the class. 她总是遥遥领先班上的同学。

◆His ideas were way

ahead of their time

(= very new and so not widely understood or accepted). 他的思想远远超越了他们那个时代。