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

• The meeting examined the work of the past period and set tasks for the period ahead.
  会议审议了前时期的工作，规定了下阶段的任务。
• 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。
• 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。
• The warm weather has set the crops ahead by a month.
  暖和的天气使作物一个月就长了起来。
• Give her a call and let her know you want to talk for a while, or set up a phone date ahead of time so you` ll both be free to focus on each other.
  给她打个电话，让她知道你想跟她聊一会儿，或者提前定好一个打电话的日子，从而你们两个都有时间集中精力交流。
• Careful attention has set the flower ahead by a week.
  细心照料使这株花提前一周开放。
• The kilometre reading must be set ahead after replacement of the instrument cluster.
  更换仪表组后，必须将公里读数调高。
• In some time zones, clocks are set ahead and back during certain times of the year to adjust for the differences in the amount of daylight.
  在某些时区，可以将时钟在一年的某些时间内设置得快些或慢些以便调整不同的白天数量。
• Please set the clock ahead one hour.
  请把时钟拨快一小时。
• 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。