set ahead

英 [set əˈhed]

美 [set əˈhed]

提前; 拨快

英英释义

verb

• move forward
  1. we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward
  Synonym:advance

双语例句

• Nutsy, you'd better set your brains ahead a couple of hours.
  笨蛋，你最好把你的脑袋往前调2个钟头。
• Seeing as the release date has been set so far ahead, production won't kick off for some time yet.
  鉴于该片的发行日期已被如此提前地确定下来，影片的制作在一段时间内还不会开始。
• At the onset of 2012, many start-up executives are sticking their copy of lean start-up on the shelf, leaning back and bemoaning the fact that they have a new set of challenges ahead of them.
  2012年伊始，不少创业公司的高管都把自己手里的那本《精益创业》（LeanStart-Up）塞回了书架，仰面朝天，为自己将要面对一系列全新的挑战而唏嘘不已。
• Please set the clock ahead one hour.
  请把时钟拨快一小时。
• He set his departure ahead because there is something urgent waiting for him.
  他把出发行程提前，因为有急事等着他呢。
• And while the port deal is now set to go ahead, it may be on changed terms.
  尽管港口协议现在有望继续推进，但其条款可能发生变化。
• Did you set your watch one hour ahead?
  有没有将表往前拨一小时？
• Passenger car sales in the US will remain higher than China's, but in terms of total light vehicles including mini commercial vehicles used partly as passenger cars in China the Asian country looks set to pull ahead of the US for the first time this year.
  美国的乘用车销量仍将高于中国，但就轻型车包括在中国在一定程度上被用作乘用车的微型商用车总销量而言，中国今年首次超越美国似乎是不可阻挡的。
• We were able to set the meeting ahead because the report was prepared earlier than we expected.
  我们提前召开了会议，因为报告比预定日期提前准备好了。
• Careful attention has set the flower ahead by a week.
  细心照料使这株花提前一周开放。