obtain advantages, such as points, etc.;

"The home team was gaining ground"

"After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

in an economy that increasingly rewards intelligence, you「d expect college grads to pull ahead of the pack even if their diplomas signified nothing but their smarts.

在一个日益奖赏才智的经济体制下，你总会期望大学毕业生成为同龄人中的佼佼者，即使他们的文凭除了意味着其聪明外别无其他。

we can pull ahead by enlarging our talent pool and remaining an open, vibrant society.

如果我们能够逐步扩大人才资源，保持社会的开放与活力，我们就能保持领先的地位；

however, in the long run india might pull ahead because its population will continue to grow long after china」s has levelled off.

然而，从长远来看，印度或许会超出，因为在中国的人口停止增长后，印度人口的增长仍将持续很长时间。

「other countries are now beginning to pull ahead in the pursuit of this generation」s great discoveries, ' mr. obama said.

奥巴马说，其他国家如今开始在追求这一代的伟大发现上抢到了前头。

this delay can give the competition the leg up it needs to pull ahead of your organization in the marketplace.

拖延的话会让竞争者抢先起步，因为竞争者需要在市场中和你的组织拉开距离。

please pull ahead to the next window to pay.

请你开到下一个窗口付钱。

we can pull ahead by enlarging our talent pool and remaining an open, vibrant society.

在这个全球化的世界里，如果我们能够提高教育水平和生产力，就能保持竞争力； 如果我们能够逐步扩大人才资源，保持社会的开放与活力，我们就能保持领先的地位；

both of the candidates are close together in the polls. it is not until closer to the election that one will pull ahead of the other.

两位候选人在民意测验中的得票相当，只有等到大选临近其中一位才可能会超过另一位。

the issue has helped obama pull ahead of his rival in the polls.

经济问题帮助奥巴马在民调中超越他的对手。

in that respect, as in so many others, the states are starting to pull ahead of washington.

在那些方面，也在其他许多方面，华盛顿的状况开始改善。

however, bb app world comes nowhere close to the apple appstore, and android may quickly pull ahead as well.

然而与苹果的appstore相比，黑莓的应用程序世界还差得远，而且adroid也有可能会很快的迎头赶上。

but even if ms. livini does pull ahead of mr. netanyahu, pollsters say right-wing parties are likely to dominate the knesset and she could struggle to form a coalition.

但是，民意测验专家表示，即使利夫尼领先，右翼分子也会在议会中占支配地位，利夫尼将难以组阁。

if you have a country with four times the population of the us and a tenth of the wages, it is fairly obvious they will pull ahead at some time in productive capabilities, 「 he said.」

「如果有一个国家，人口是美国的四倍，而工资仅为美国的十分之一，那就相当显然：他们将在某个时候在生产能力上领先，」他表示。