ahead /əˈhɛd/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADV Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you. 在前面地; 笔直向前地

  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. 

  ADV You use ahead with verbs such as "push," "move," and "forge" to indicate that a plan, programme, or organization is making fast progress. 向前地 [ADV after v]

  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. 

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

  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. 

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

  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. 

  ADV Ahead also means in the future. 在将来

  例：

  A much bigger battle is ahead for the president.

  总统还将面临一场更大的战斗。

• 6. 

  ADV 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. 提前地 [ADV after v]

  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. 

  ADV 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. 提前地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  I went ahead and waited with Sean.

  我提前去了，和肖恩一起等。