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a.head IN FRONTE5hedadv [not gradable](directly) in front在前面The road ahead looks rather busy--shall we turn off and go a different way?前面的路看起来相当拥挤----我们拐弯走另一条路好吗?Turn left at the traffic lights, and you'll see the hospital straight ahead.在交通灯处向左转,你会看到医院就在正前方。We slowed down, to let the other cars get ahead of us.我们减了速,让别的汽车开到前面去。I'm on the waiting list for a ticket, but there are ten people ahead of me.我在等候买票的名单上,但有10个人在我的前面。Ahead also means in a more advanced position.处于领先地位The Prime Minister's speech put his party 5% ahead in the opinion polls.首相的演讲使他的党派在民意测验中领先5%。If someone or something is ahead of someone or something else, it is more advanced than them.超过,胜过Sophie is way (=far) ahead of the other children in her class.索菲远远胜过班上的其他孩子。He claimed that his country was years ahead of the rest of the world in technological development.他声称他的国家在技术发展方面比世界其他国家都要先进许多年。"If you want to get ahead, get a hat" (advertisement for hats, 1960s)“帽子一戴,领先一代。” (帽子广告)
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