front line

英 [frʌnt laɪn]

美 [frʌnt laɪn]

n.  前线

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习惯用语

n.

in the front line (of sth)
• 在最重要的岗位上；在第一线
  doing work that will have an important effect on sth
• a life spent in the front line of research
  在研究的第一线度过的一生

牛津词典

noun

• 前线
  an area where the enemies are facing each other during a war and where fighting takes place
  1. Tanks have been deployed all along the front line.
     沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
  2. front-line troops
     前线部队

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (战争中的)前线，前方
  Thefront lineis the place where two opposing armies are facing each other and where fighting is going on.
  1. ...a massive concentration of soldiers on the front line.
     在前线大规模的兵力集结
• ADJ (国家)位于战争(或冲突)前线的，与敌对国毗邻的
  Afront linestate shares a border with a country that it is at war with or is in conflict with.
  1. ...the front-line states bordering South Africa.
     和南非接壤的前线国家
• PHRASE 处于第一线;居于极重要岗位
  Someone who isin the front linehas to play a very important part in defending or achieving something.
  1. Information officers are in the front line of putting across government policies.
     新闻发言官处于传达政府政策的第一线。

英英释义

noun

• the line along which opposing armies face each other
  Synonym:battlefrontfront

双语例句

• A school just a few kilometres from the front line is now home to dozens of families.
  一个离前线只有数公里之遥的学校现在成了很多人的家。
• The others were also firing, and the planes fell beyond the front line.
  其他炮班也开火了，被击中的敌机坠落在了战线的另外一侧。
• Information officers are in the front line of putting across government policies.
  新闻发言官处于传达政府政策的第一线。
• For Abdul, that means crossing a military front line every time he goes to work.
  对阿普杜拉来说，那就意味着每次去工作都得冒险穿过军事前线。
• Since you're all on the front line of this campaign.
  既然你们都在选举运动的前线。
• A soldier Howard, was asked to send a dispatch to the front line.
  一名士兵，霍华德，受令送一份急件到前线去。
• Ironically, this reputation is at the front line in its takeover defence.
  具有讽刺意味的是，在为行业并购辩护的理由中，这种名声排在了前列。
• In the fierce fighting the lightly wounded refused to leave the front line.
  在这场激烈的战斗中轻伤员们都不肯下火线。
• This is not just an issue for French banks, though they are in the front line.
  这不仅仅是法国的银行才有的问题，尽管它们处于危机的前沿。
• His troop was ordered to move to the front line.
  他的部队被命令开赴前线。