Ahead

(adj.) having the leading position or higher score in a contest; 'he is ahead by a pawn'; 'the leading team in the pennant race' .

(adv.) at or in the front; 'I see the lights of a town ahead'; 'the road ahead is foggy'; 'staring straight ahead'; 'we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front'; 'with the cross of Jesus marching on before'.

(adv.) ahead of time; in anticipation; 'when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount'; 'We like to plan ahead'; 'should have made reservations beforehand'.

(adv.) in a forward direction; 'go ahead'; 'the train moved ahead slowly'; 'the boat lurched ahead'; 'moved onward into the forest'; 'they went slowly forward in the mud'.

(adv.) leading or ahead in a competition; 'the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch'; 'ahead by two pawns'; 'our candidate is in the lead in the polls'; 'way out front in the race'; 'the advertising campaign put them out front in sales'.

(adv.) to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future); 'moved the appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday'; 'pushed the deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday'.

(adv.) to a more advanced or advantageous position; 'a young man sure to get ahead'; 'pushing talented students ahead'.

(adv.) toward the future; forward in time; 'I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring'; 'I look forward to seeing you'.

伊米莉亚整理

• Well, then, we'll all go ahead and buy up niggers, said the man, if that's the way of Providence,--won't we, Squire? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• You are travelling several laps ahead of me, my friend, I interrupted. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Michael keeps a horse that can soon get ahead of most other horses; and he could shoot ahead and let us know, if there were any danger. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I got out and walked ahead, going between the trucks and carts and under the wet necks of the horses. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• He looked ahead at the slope and then he looked back toward Robert Jordan. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Slowly but surely the results of the last few thousands of his preliminary experiments had pointed inevitably to a new and fruitful region ahead. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• They cannot be a day's march ahead of us, he exclaimed, the light of battle leaping to his fierce face. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Ursula nestled near him, into his constant warmth, and watched the pale-lit revelation racing ahead, the visible night. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Bonello turned off and followed him and then Piani worked his way out and we followed the two ambulances ahead along the narrow road between hedges. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• We heard firing ahead of us. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• We had not gone far when three cannon were fired ahead of us with a sound that seemed to burst something inside my ear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Few of these islets contained over an acre of ground, but presently we sighted a much larger one directly ahead. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The block was farther ahead. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• They stood up and looked ahead. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Go ahead, lads, with the try-over. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• They had come through the heavy timber to the cup-shaped upper end of the little valley and he saw where the camp must be under the rim-rock that rose ahead of them through the trees. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• As we neared home, Joe vaguely acknowledging the occasion as an impressive and ceremonious one, went on ahead to open the front door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Come, he added, jump into my car, we must overtake your father, they are only a little way ahead. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• One night, after receiving a satisfactory report of progress from Mr. Mason, superintendent of the cement plant, he said: The only way to keep ahead of the procession is to experiment. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In the car ahead, Jane was thinking fast and furiously. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• They were beyond the hearing of the table, Mrs Dengelton had sailed on ahead to the drawing-room, so they were virtually alone. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Read, however, had got through ahead of the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This goes clear away ahead of anything I ever heard of before. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We have struck ahead of them,' I said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• If you must fight, wait till I get you a piece ahead. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Their invention seemed to be far ahead of the times, and their project passed by unappreciated. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Then it began to rise, moving straight ahead again for three or four hundred feet, the propellers picking up their former rate. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Wouldn't you think it was mined ahead or that there was a trap? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Robert Jordan saw the bulk of the new horses ahead in the dark. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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