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

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