My name is Daniel from ITI TAITRA

我是外貿協會培訓中心的 Daniel

and this is Common Business Idioms.

歡迎來學習商業英文慣用語

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

Let's begin!

我們開始吧！

In the business world, we have winners and losers.

在商場上，有贏家也有輸家

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

有人很成功，也有人失敗了。

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」。

So what does this idiom mean?

所以這個慣用語是什麼意思呢？

First, let's talk about the word "pack".

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

"pack" 是指在比賽中

following the leader in a race or competition.

跟隨領先者的一大群人

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?

這個慣用語的意思了吧！

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.

就是「領先對手」的意思

Got it? Good!

明白了嗎？很棒！

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：

"If we want to stay ahead of the pack,

如果你們想要領先對手，

we will have to invest more in R&D!"

必需擴大投資研發！

In another example, someone might say

再舉一個例子，可以這麼說：

"With good leadership,

在優秀的領導之下，

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,

但要留意 "lead" 是動詞

so this is what it looks like in a sentence:

所以在句子裡應該這樣表達：

"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

Wow! That's pretty impressive.

哇！超強的！

There you go everyone!

今天大家都幹得好！

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."

我們下次見！