2008.06.02 :
Our company is well ahead of its rivals.我们公司远远超过了主要竞争对手。
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Be ahead of someone else 指某人以比别人取得了更大的成绩，或领先于别人。
例：
In the nineteenth century，German university education was considerably ahead of that of the rest of the world.
十九世纪德国大学教育远远领先于其他国家。
海纳百川，有容乃大；壁立千仞，无欲则刚。