Name: 【ITI ENGLISH】Ahead of the Pack 英文商務慣用語｜外貿協會培訓中心ITI, TAITRA｜ (【ITI ENGLISH】｜Ahead of the Pack｜)
Uploaded: 2018-08-06T11:18:26.000Z
Duration: 2 min 25 s

Today, we'll talk about the idiom "Ahead of the pack"

今天我們要談 "Ahead of the pack" 這個慣用語

In the business world, we have winners and losers.

We have people who succeed, and people who don't.

Competition is fierce, and everybody wants to be "ahead of the pack".

競爭是很殘酷的，所以大家會想要「領先對手」。

所以這個慣用語是什麼意思呢？

在此之前，我們先談 "pack" 這個字的意思

In English, we say pack when we are referring to a body of competitors

following the leader in a race or competition.

So just picture a group or runners, or a pack, chasing the leader of a race.

想像一下在跑步比賽時，跟著領頭跑者的那一大群人

So I guess you can already have a pretty good idea

我想這樣形容，你們應該就可以了解

about what this business idiom means, right?

Yep. In business context, to be "ahead of the pack"

沒錯！商業慣用語中，"ahead of the pack"

simply means to be more successful than the competition.

Now, let's take a look this idiom in some example sentences, shall we?

現在，我們來看怎麼使用這個慣用語吧！

For example, someone in a business might say:

例如：在商場上，可以這麼說：

we will ensure that our company stays ahead of the pack."

公司得以保持領先對手的態勢。

Also, you can say "lead the pack" instead of being "ahead of the pack".

同樣的，你也可以說 "lead the pack"

Now, be careful here because the word "lead" is a verb in this idiom,

so this is what it looks like in a sentence:

"This new smartphone has led the pack in sales for 7 consecutive months."

這支智慧型手機已連續 7 個月蟬連銷售排行領先地位

And I hope that all of you ITIers and future business people

我希望 ITI 同學，和未來的商業人士們，都能「領先對手」

will one day find yourselves "ahead of the pack."

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