front-runner
英 ['frʌnt,rʌnə]
美
- n. 竞争中的领先者；赛跑中跑在前头的人
词态变化
复数: front-runners;
英文词源
- front-runner (n.)
- also frontrunner, of political candidates, 1908, American English, a metaphor from horse racing (where it is used by 1901 of a horse that runs best while in the lead).
双语例句
- 1. I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of colour.
- 我想让门前的花园变得五彩缤纷。
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- 2. Rue Guynemer begins at the front of the Fitzgerald site.
- 吉内梅街始于菲茨拉德故居前。
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- 3. Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office.
- 老师们在校长办公室门前举行了一场静坐抗议。
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- 4. He stepped in front of her, barring her way.
- 他走到她前面，挡住了她的去路。
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- 5. Information officers are in the front line of putting across government policies.
- 新闻发言官处于传达政府政策的第一线。
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