1. Galileo's ideas were well in advance of the age in which he lived. 伽利略的思想远远超越了他所处的时代。
2. Students are asked to prepare material in advance of each weekly seminar. 要求学生为每星期一次的研讨班预先准备好材料。
3. People were evacuated from the coastal regions in advance of the hurricane. 飓风袭来之前,沿海地带的人已经撤离。
4. Birds will fatten themselves with heavy feeding in advance of a long migrational flight. 鸟类在长途迁徙飞行之前,会用大量的食物喂肥自己。
5. Companies that must determine well in advance of the selling season how many units of a new product to manufacture often underproduce products that sell well and have overstocks of others. 那些必须在销售季节之前就确定新产品要生产多少的公司,往往会生产出销量好的产品,而其他产品则库存过剩。