front是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the part of a building, object, or person's body that faces forward or is most often seen or used -- 前面；正面

  • The front of the museum is very impressive. 博物館的正面極爲壯觀。

  • He spilled soup all down the front of his shirt. 他把湯灑得襯衫前襟上都是。

  • He was lying on his front. 他俯臥著。

  • The actor walked out to the front of the stage. 這位演員走到台前位置。

  • The shop front occupies a very prominent position on the main street. 這家商店的門臉在大街上佔據了一個非常顯眼的位置。

  • Do you want to sit in the front (= next to the driver)? 你想坐到前座上來嗎？

  • If we sit near the front of the bus, we'll have a better view. 如果我們坐在公車的前部，視野就會好一些。

  • There was a picture of the Trevi fountain on the front of the book. 書的封面上有一張特裡威噴泉的圖片。

  • There's an inscription in the front of the book. 書的前面一頁上有題詞。

  • The car in front suddenly stopped and I slammed on the brakes. 前面的車突然停住，我急忙煞車。

  • She started talking to the man in front of her. 她開始跟前面的那個男人攀談起來。

  • By half time the Italians were well in front. 半場時義大利隊遙遙領先。

  • There's parking space in front of the hotel. 旅館前有停車的地方。

  • Please don't swear in front of the children. 當著孩子們的面請不要罵人。

  • He wants all the money up front or he won't do the job. 他要求預付全款，否則他就不接這工作。

• 1 a particular area of activity -- （表示活動範圍的）領域，陣線

  • How are things on the work front? (= Is the situation at work satisfactory?) 工作前線的情況怎麽樣？

  • She's very creative on the design front (= she is very good at design). 她在設計方面極具創造性。

• 2 the character or qualities that a person or organization appears to have in public that are different from their real character or qualities, and whose purpose is often to deceive people or hide an illegal activity -- （人或機構的）僞裝；假裝的樣子

  • Don't be fooled by his kindness and sensitivity - it's just a front. 別被他的善意和體貼所愚弄——那只不過是裝相而已。

  • She presents such a cheerful front that you'd never guess she's ill. 她看上去興高采烈的，你根本猜不到她正在生病。

  • The machinery company was a front operation for arms smuggling. 那家機械公司只不過是爲走私軍火打掩護而已。

  • Several trading companies were set up in the early 1960s to act as fronts for money-laundering operations. 20世紀60年代早期成立了幾家貿易公司，目的是爲洗黑錢作掩護。

• 3 land near the sea or a lake, or the part of a town near the beach that often has a wide road or path along it -- 海濱；湖畔；濱海（或濱湖）大道

  • Let's go for a stroll along the front. 我們去海濱散散步吧。

  • The company specializes in building lake-front property. 那家公司專門承建濱湖房地産項目。

• 4 the place where two masses of air that have different temperatures meet -- （氣象）鋒

  • A cold/warm front is approaching from the west. 冷／暖鋒正從西方迫近。

• 5 the place where fighting takes place in a war -- （戰爭）前線

  • He was a soldier on the Western front in World War I. 第一次世界大戰時，他是西線的一名戰士。

• 6 in or at the front of something -- 前面的；前部的

  • One of his front teeth is missing. 他的一顆門牙掉了。

  • I'd like seats on the front row. 我想要劇場前排的座位。

  • a dog's front paws 狗的前爪

• 7 If a building or area fronts (onto) a particular place, it is near it and faces it. -- （建築物或地方）朝向，面向

  • All the apartments front onto the sea. 所有的公寓都面向大海。

  • She fronts a large IT company. 她領導一家大型 IT 公司。

  • The kitchen has oak cabinets fronted with glass. 廚房裡裝著表面鑲著玻璃的櫥櫃。

• 8 a group of people sharing a political belief who perform actions in public to achieve their aims -- （政治組織名稱）陣線

  • The National Front is an extremely right-wing political party in Britain. 民族陣線是英國極端右翼政黨組織。

  • The Animal Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for releasing the monkeys from the laboratory. 動物解放陣線宣稱是他們將那些猴子從實驗室放走的。