in advance of 在…的前面，在…之前 His educational ideas were far in advance of his time. 他的教育思想远远超越了他所处的时代。 In the funding of the arts that country generally is in advance of others. 在资助艺术方面，那个国家一般说来走在别国的前面。 try to find out the result of an examination in advance of the official announcement 试图在正式宣布之前打听到考试结果