front-runner
英 [ˌfrʌnt ˈrʌnə(r)]
美 [ˌfrʌnt ˈrʌnər]
n. (竞赛或比赛中的)领先者，领跑者
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柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (竞赛或比赛中的)最有可能获胜者，领先者
In a competition or contest, thefront-runneris the person who seems most likely to win it.- Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.
总统选举中的两位领先者都不是主流政治家。
- Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- They attacked me not because I'm a woman candidate, instead because I am the front-runner.
他们攻击我，也不是因为我是女性候选人，而是因为我是领先者。 - This week a poll showed him in a dead heat with Mitt Romney, the Republican front-runner.
这周的民意调查显示，奥巴马与前共和党总统候选人米特罗姆尼的支持率不相上下。 - Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.
总统选举中的两位领先者都不是主流政治家。 - The Manchester United defender had been the front-runner until Sir Alex Ferguson's side were badly exposed at the back in several games over the past two months.
曼联后卫原先是弗格森爵士的球队中发挥最好的球员，但由于过去2个月的表现现在却成了众矢之的。 - His message about moderation and the middle class captured the attention of the press, which anointed him front-runner.
他关于中庸和中产阶级的观点引起媒体的注意，使他成为获胜的热门人选。 - S culture minister, Farouk Hosni, 71, who declared his candidacy in2007, had been the front-runner.
埃及文化部长、71岁的FaroukHosni于2007年宣布参选，他已经成为了领先者。 - Or the next front-runner for the Republican nomination for president.
或者是下一界共和党总统候选人中的领头者。 - Dominique de Villepin, the interior minister and former foreign minister, is considered a front-runner to replace Mr.
多米尼克迪维内比，这位内务部长，同时也是前任外交部长，被认为是替代拉伏雷的不二人选。 - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, considered the front-runner for the Republican nomination, blamed President Barack Obama for the country's economic crisis.
被认为是共和党总统参选人当中领先的前麻萨诸塞州州长罗姆尼将美国的经济危机怪罪于奥巴马总统。 - The two most likely beneficiaries of Mr McCain's troubles will be Rudy Giuliani, the front-runner, and Fred Thompson, an old friend of Mr McCain's who is expected to declare his candidacy any day now.
麦肯恩先生四面楚歌，可能最大的获益者当属共和党领军者鲁迪朱利安尼以及麦肯恩的老友佛瑞德汤普森。