英语释义

1. a contestant who runs best when in the lead

2. a leading contestant in or as if in a rivalry or competition
a political front-runner

3. the person or thing that is most likely to win a race or competition

片语

The Front RunnerThe Front Runner is a 1974 novel by Patricia Nell Warre The book, considered by some as a classic example of LGBT literature of the period, is a love story exploring issues relating to homosexuals in American sport

in front of runner转轮前

front-runner status领先地位

英汉例句

• The conservative front runner Lee Myung-Bak denies involvement in a stock market manipulation case.

  保守党阵营候选人李明博否认参与一件股市操纵案件。

• China is the front runner right now and is not gunning for that position because Gilani said so.

  此刻中国是领跑者，但中国并不是想季兰尼说的那样获得这个身分的。

• Now Chinese chic has become Hollywood「s latest mania. Ang Lee is an Oscar front runner for his first studio film, Sense and Sensibility.

  好莱坞最近流行中国热，李安第一次替制片公司拍的《理智与感情》，就让他成为奥斯卡奖的热门人选。

• With this deal, Chery has established itself as the clear front runner among China」s local car assemblers.

  有了这个协议，奇瑞已经确立了作为在中国的本地汽车装配明确领跑者本身。

• Another interesting statistic is related to the average connection speed, South Korea being the front runner at 15 Mbps, 10 times the global average.

  另一个有趣的统计是平均连接速度，韩国以15Mbps的速度遥遥领先，是全球平均速度的十倍。

• Several recent polls show Obama leading Hillary Clinton by a double-digit margin less than a week after the one-time front runner came in a disappointing third in the Iowa caucuses.

  近期一些民调显示，继昔日领先者希拉里在爱荷华州党内预选屈居第三后的短短几天，奥巴马以双位数的支持率领先希拉里。

• Despite those strikes, the local cognescenti had tried to convince themselves that letting the young front runner leave Turin represented a good piece of business.

  除了之前对阵意大利球队的记录，阿森纳的支持者们试着说服自己年轻的攻击线会在都灵取得好成绩。

• But the front runner in public space travel is now Virgin Galactic1.

  不过大众太空旅行领域的领跑者是英国维珍银河公司。