1. ahead of 在……之前

eg. He had to work hard to remain ahead of his classmates.
他必須努力學習以保持他在同學中的領先地位bKLdrg=8@St。

eg. The soldiers probed cautiously ahead of them for mines.
士兵們小心翼翼地探測前方的地雷3)O3_(~h6N9]&。

2. come up with

(1) 趕上；接近，走近：

eg. I came up with them as they were rounding the corner.
他們正在拐彎時，我趕上了他們SpAnzL*1ZfhVm.t。

(2) 提出，提議：

eg. We weren't able to come up with any new suggestions.
我們提不出任何新建議nvF_xy~dP&!YYNgw。

3. put ... on a par with 把……等同于

eg. On the other side, the payment they get is can't be put on a par with the stars.
另外，科學家們所得的報酬也根本無法和那些娛樂明星相提并論RUrjIs.XJU1J4Q*zbZ*。

eg. The New Multilateralism must put global development on a par with international finance.
新的多邊體系必須對全球發展問題與國際金融問題給予同等重視G2ft@-9vbFo@fQ3X。

4. vie with 與……抗爭

eg. All three countries vie with England in the battle for international students.
這三個國家都在與英國爭奪國際學生2BIVB9Z8=fiV3@i4,M&_。

eg. Each plan has to vie with many others just to get a second look from investors.
為了能讓投資人再看一眼，每個計劃都要和其他計劃形成競爭之勢h5fG&vc(0b[KTM2!s。