| 单词 | ahead of the power curve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasahead of the power curve P5. Chiefly Business and Marketing (originally U.S.). ahead of the curve: better than predicted or expected; ahead of the competition; in a position to anticipate or initiate the latest developments. Also ahead of the power curve (cf. power curve n. 1). ΚΠ 1926 Los Angeles Times 6 June 11/8 The common brick business refuses to follow the curves set up for the construction industry by some of the widely promoted statistical agencies. It is going ahead of the curve. 1974 Sun (Lowell, Mass.) 21 May 30/1 Repeatedly Nixon and his top aides spoke of ‘keeping ahead of the curve’—giving information to the public before it otherwise became generally known. 1978 Fortune (Nexis) 10 Apr. 52 Attempts to ‘get ahead of the power curve’, as the marketeers put it, do not always work. 1984 Bond Buyer (Nexis) 10 July 1 The chairman of the association's tax and finance committee..said that counties around the country ‘need to organize and get ahead of the curve’. 1994 Jrnl. Educ. for Business (Electronic ed.) 1 Apr. 204 Responses by non-MIS faculty indicate that knowledge of IT can help MBAs stay ahead of the power curve. 2003 G. I. Kendall & S. C. Rollins Adv. Project Portfolio Managem. & PMO v. 75 If customer tastes change, the organization is ahead of the curve by having discovered these changes early on. < as lemmas |
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