in advance of:
a.在...的前面(优于,胜过)
Examples:
1.A position on an enemy shoreline captured by troops in advance of an invading force.
滩头堡,登陆场在侵略部队之前军队占领的敌方海岸线上的一个位置
2.The cooks arrive on camp in advance of the main party.
厨师们在大队人马之前到了野地营地.
3.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生活的时代.
4.Galileo's ideas were in advance of the age in which he lived.
伽利略的思想超越了他生活的时代.
