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

• 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。
• He was at the forefront of the pro-democracy campaign in the country
  他活动在该国亲民主运动的前沿。
• We are at the forefront of technology and skills.
  我们正站在最前列的技术和技能。
• 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；
• 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。
• Paramilitary troops have been at the forefront of the crackdown.
  准军事部队已经部署在了最前线。
• As the forefront of research and originality, the results also received domestic and international patents.
  由于研究的前沿性和独创性，该成果还获得了国内和国际的专利。
• This has propelled the region to the forefront of agricultural production in Europe.
  这推动了地区的农业生产在欧洲前列。
• 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。
• Zhang and Soho China have been at the forefront of that change.
  张欣和Soho中国一直处于这一变革的风口浪尖上。