forefront

英 [ˈfɔːfrʌnt]

美 [ˈfɔːrfrʌnt]

n.  前沿; 前列; 领导性地位; (思考或关注的)重心，焦点

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Collins.1 / BNC.8475 / COCA.8815

习惯用语

n.

at/in/to the forefront (of sth)
• 处于最前列；进入重要地位（或主要地位）
  in or into an important or leading position in a particular group or activity
• Women have always been at the forefront of the Green movement.
  妇女总是在环境保护运动的最前列。
• The new product took the company to the forefront of the computer software field.
  该新产品使这家公司跻身计算机软件业的前列。
• The court case was constantly in the forefront of my mind (= I thought about it all the time) .
  这个诉讼案件一直萦系在我的心头。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 显著地位;重要位置;最前沿
  If you are atthe forefrontof a campaign or other activity, you have a leading and influential position in it.
  1. They have been at the forefront of the campaign for political change.
     他们一直处于政治变革运动的风口浪尖上。
• N-SING (思考或关注的)重心,焦点
  If something isatthe forefrontofpeople's minds or attention, they think about it a lot because it is particularly important to them.
  1. The pension issue was not at the forefront of his mind in the spring of 1985.
     在 1985 年春，养老金问题并非他关注的重点。

英英释义

noun

• the position of greatest importance or advancement
  1. the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England
  2. the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy
  Synonym:vanguardcutting edge
• the part in the front or nearest the viewer
  1. he was in the forefront
  2. he was at the head of the column
  Synonym:head

双语例句

• A woman who is the forefront of an important enterprise.
  在一项重大事业中最前方的女性。
• He was at the forefront of a revolution.
  他引领了一场革命的到来。
• We are at the forefront of efforts to tackle inequality.
  我们处于解决不平等问题的最前线。
• Paramilitary troops have been at the forefront of the crackdown.
  准军事部队已经部署在了最前线。
• I see Hong Kong remaining at the forefront of the new age with cutting-edge new technology and new industries;
  我预见到香港继续走在新时代的前端，发展领先的新科技和工业；
• The reservoirs related to submarine fans will be in the forefront of the hydrocarbon exploration and production.
  与深水扇有关的储层将处于油气勘探和生产的最前沿。
• DNA computing has become the forefront of international scientific research within the field of a new hot spot.
  DNA计算已经形成国际科学前沿领域内研究的一个新的热点。
• The business/ technology connection will be much more in the forefront than it has been in the past.
  与过去相比，在项目的早期会有更多的业务/技术的连接。
• These new risks bring security to the forefront when developing a mashup application.
  在开发一个mashup应用程序时，这些风险使安全问题浮出了水面。
• He has been in the forefront of the movement.
  他一向站在运动的最前列。