Successful travel is partly a matter of keeping one step ahead of the crowd.

成功的旅游在某种程度上就是避开众人。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

This enterprising farmer seems to be one step ahead of the rest, bagging his fruits while they're still on the tree.

这位很有远见的村民看起来比别人都提早一步，他在果实还在书上的时候就给它们套上了袋。

youdao

Understanding how and when puts you one step ahead of the pack.

理解影响的方式和时机使你领先别人一步。

youdao

China is able to stay one-step ahead of the game, using risk-based management processes their suppliers.

FORBES: Yum! China: From Rebranding to Reinventing

These were good years, during which Dell became the world's largest and most profitable computer-maker, with a supply chain that was easily the most efficient in the industry, if not the world, and a direct-sales model that seemed to keep Dell one step ahead of rival companies selling computers through old-fashioned stores.

ECONOMIST: Michael Dell returns to the helm of the company he founded

Rent-seeking and sheer profitability provide strong incentives for powerful pan-Asian logging networks to stay one step ahead of environmentalists trying to regulate the flow of logs from countries such as Indonesia.

ECONOMIST: Conflict of opinion