front 82〇 |
(=next to the driver).我喜欢坐在轿车的前座。◊
TTie teacher made me move my seat to the front of the class- room.老师把我的座位改在教室的前fe。◊Writeyouf
name in the front of the book (= the first few pages). ^
前面的书页写上你的名字。
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CHEST:月匈部'4 sb’s front [sing.]
the part of sb’s body that faces forwards; sb’s chest 身体前部；胸部：She was
Zying on her 介ont•她俯卧着。◊
J spiHed coJ5fee down my >ont.我把咖啡截到前备上。
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SIDE OF BUILDING 建筑物的面 5 [C] the west，north, south, east, etc. ~ the side of a
large building, especially a church, that faces west, north, etc. (
尤指教堂朝西、北、东、南等的）面：fewest/ronto/
the cathedrai大教堂朝西的一面
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EDGE OF SEA/LAKE 海/ 湖边 6 the front [sing.] (8r£) the
road or area of land along the edge of the sea, a lake or a river海滨；湖畔；河边;沿海（或湖、河）道路：
Coup〖es
waWced hand in hand aiong the 介ont.对对情侣
手牵手沿河边散步。一see also SEAFRONT
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IN WAR 战争[C，usually
sing.] an area where fighting takes place during a war 前线；前方：More
British troops have been sent to the 更泰扣英国部队已派往
前线。◊ to serve
at the /hmt 在前方 M 褛◊
_/iighring a war on twojhmts在两条啟线上战4
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AREA OF ACRVITY 活动领，域 8 [C] a
particular area of activity 活动领域；阵线：Things
are 〖oofcing
unsettled on the economic /ront.经济战线上的情况显得不稳定。◊
Progress' has been made on aH介onts•各方面都取得了 进展
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HID^G TRUE FEELINGS 隐藏感精 9 [sing.]
behaviour that is not genuine, done in order to hide your true feelings or
opinions 表.面；夕卜表：Rudeness
is just a front for her sh>7iess.她的粗無只秦为了掩饰她的羞怯。◊
Jt’s not aZways easy to put cm.a brave 介ont/or. the/amiZy•常为 家人装出齒敢的样子并不容易。◊
TTie prime minister stressed the need to present a united front (= show
people that all members of the group have the same opinion about things).首相强谝必须表现出团结一致。
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HlblNG STH ILLEGAL 掩盖非法活动 10 [C, usually sing.] 〜（f〇f sth) a person or an organization that is
used to hide an illegal or secret activity 非法（或秘密）活动掩
护者：The travel company
is just a front for drug trajpdcing.这家旅行社不过是毒品交易的掩护场所。
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POLITICAL ORGANIZATION 政治组织 11 Front [sing ]
used in the names of some political organizations (用于政 治组织的名称）阵线：the
Am'maZ liberation Front % 解放阵线—see
also popular front
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WEATHER 天气 12 [C] the line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air (冷暖空气团接触的）锋：a coZtt/warm 介ont 冷 / 暖锋
IT»T?!i .front and 'center (NAm£) in or
into the most important position 在（.或进入 > 最重要位置 in 'front adv. 1 in a position that is further forward than
sb/sth but not very far away 在前面：Their house is the
one with the big garden in介ont.他们的房子是前面有大花园
的那一座。2 in first place in a race or competition (赛 比赛）领先.：.rhe Wue team is
curremiy Zn 介ont with a Zead 〇/sixpoints•蓝队目前以六分领先。.in •front of prep. 1 in a position that is further forward than
sb/sth but not very far away M ： The
car in front of me stopped suddenly and I had to brake.
突然停下来，我也只好刹车。◊
rhe bus stops right fn /hmto/our house.公其&车貪停在我们的房手前面。◊
He was standing in _/iront 〇/ me in the Zine.在队列中他站 在我的前面。◊
She spends aH day sitting m 介ont 〇/
(=working at) her computer.她整关坐在计算前（*;-工
作 >、2 if you do sth in front of sb, you do it when they are there当着…的面；在…面前：Wease
don’t tdfc about ft in介ont 〇/ the
chiidren•请不要当着孩子们的面
谈那件事。3 ~ sb (of time 时间）still
to come; not yet passed 未来在…面：Don't
give up. You still have your who〖e h/e in介ont 〇/you•不要放#，你■的前面还
有一辈子呢。out ’front 1 in the part of a theatre, restaurant, etc. where the
public sits (剧院等）1见_众 席；（餐/f 等■)，座席：rhere’s onZy a
smaH audience out 介ont tonight•今夜观众席上人很少。2 (also
//i/oww/ out the 'front) in the
area near to the entrance to a building 在（■建筑物）大n外：J’H
wait/or you out ft/ie)
介ont.我在大门夕[r等你。up ’front 1 as
payment in advance Jfe#： We'll pay you half up front and the other half
when you\e finished the job.
们先付一半给你，工作完成后_再付另一半《 —see also upfront(2)
2 (in sports 体育运动）in a
forward position 在前锋位S: to p〖ay
upihmt担柱前锋一more at
back n., cash n., lead1 v.
■ aj/ [only before noun] 1 on or at the
front of sth 前面
的；前命的；在前的；•正面的：介teeth门牙◊ the 介ont wheek 〇/ the car 汽车的前轮◊ We had seats in the 介ont row.我们坐在前排座位。.◊
cm animd’s介ont
Zegs 动物的前腿◊
let’s go through to the/iront room (= the main room in a house where people sit
and entertain guests).咱们穿过去直到客厅。◊
a介ont-seat
passenger 前排座位的一个乘客一compare
back ^办⑴，hind (3办 2 (p/7〇/?ef/cs 语音）（of a
vowel 元音）produced
with the front of the tongue in a higher position than the back，for
example /i:/ in English 舌 ItT 位发的；舌前的 —compare
back adj.{4), central(5) 117^1 on the 'front burner (informal, especially NAm£) (of an issue, a plan，etc.问题、计划等）being
given a lot of attention because it is considered important 处于前列重要地位；
受到重视；为当务之急：Anything
that fceeps education on f/i€介ont
burner i5 good.■彳i何重视教育的拿都是好事。
—compare on the back burner
at back adj.
mverb
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FACE STH ■面向
1 〜（onto sth) to face
sth or be in front of sth; to have the front pointing towards sth 面向；i在… 前朝；向：[VN] rAe cathedmZ介onts the city’s mai'n square.夫教堂面向碱市的主广场。◊
[V] TTie Hne 〇/houses
fronted straight onto the road.
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COVER FRONT 覆盖正面 2 [VN] [usually passive] to have the front covered with sth■用…作正面；用…秦盖正面：a gtoss-_/hmted boofccase正面是玻璃的书柜
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LEAD GROUP 领导团体 3
[VN] to lead or
represent an or-
ganization, a group, etc.领％，代表（团#、组织等）： ffe介onts a mutoiationaZ company.他领导一家跨国公
司0 A/ormer
art student介onte)
the band (=. was the
main singer).乐队的主音歌手曾是一位艺术院校学生。
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PRESENT TV PROGRAMME 主持电视节目 4 [VN](份•£) to present a television
programme，a show,
etc.主持 i 电 视节目、演出等）
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GRAMMAR 5 [VN] {linguistics i# W)
to give more
importance to a part of a
sentence by placing it at or near the beginning of the sentence, as in 'That I
would like to see；(为强调而将旬子某一部分）前置
仙1還 front for sb/sth to
represent a group or an organization and try to hide its secret or illegal
activities为…掩护（备密、非法活动）：He介cmted/or them m sevemZ i〖〖ega〖
property deaZs.他为他们.在.几次非
法房地产交易中作了掩护。
WH丨CH WORD?词语辨析
in front of«in the front of
■
In front of can mean the same
as outside
but not
opposite. * irrfront of 可表示 outside 的词义，但不 能—示 opposite:的词炎：_ /7/
mwf yow /n/mnf 〇//_■
oute/Weyowr^ofe/.滅在你的旅馆前面/外面接你。❖ There's a bus stop in front of the house on the same side of the road).房+前面有一个公共汽车站
{在公路的这面）。◊ Tiiere’s a bus stop opposite the 片owse (= on the
otfier side of the road).房手对面有 —个公共汽车站（在公路的对面）。
■
ln/at the front (of 5th) means
'in the most forward part of something’. * in/at the front (of sth)表示在某 物的最前部分：The driver sits at the front of the bus,
驾驶员坐在公共汽车的前端。◊
Pwf
//ovvers //7 f/je/zwjf
(〇/沩e 把最短的花放在花
束的靠前位置。
front-age /'frAntid3/ noun 1 [c, U] the front of a
building，especially
when this faces a road or river (』建 筑物，尤指临街或临河的）正面：the
baroque frontage 〇/ Mikn Cat/iedrd米兰大教堂巴罗克风格的正面2 [U] (especially NAmB) land that is
next to a building, a street or an area of water临街（或建筑物、河等的）土地：