front-runner

英 [ˌfrʌnt ˈrʌnə(r)]

美 [ˌfrʌnt ˈrʌnər]

n.  (竞赛或比赛中的)领先者，领跑者

复数：front-runners　

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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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a competitor thought likely to win
  Synonym:favoritefavourite

双语例句

• Japan's Trade Minister Banri Kaieda is considered the front-runner to succeed Naoto Kan, who announced his resignation on Friday.
  日本经济大臣BanriKaieda被认为是领跑者，来接替菅直人。菅直人已经在周五宣布辞职。
• 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。
• Some people experience, brilliant, middle school student association President, done as a youth corps secretary, study is also a front-runner.
  有的人中学经历特辉煌，做过学生会主席、当过团支部书记，学习成绩也名列前茅。
• 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。
• Regardless of who emerges as the front-runner, retiree Bruce Woods from Urbandale Iowa wants a nominee who can bridge the current divide between the two political parties.
  不论谁最终浮出成为领先者，爱奥华州的一名退休者布鲁斯。伍兹希望的是，未来的候选人能够成为目前两党鸿沟的桥梁。
• Tony Blair, meanwhile, has emerged as the front-runner for the yet-to-be-created job as the first permanent president of the European Council.
  与此同时，托尼布莱尔（tonyblair）成为迄今尚未设立的欧盟理事会第一位常任主席的热门人选。
• The battery giant's cutting-edge technology-notably its lithium-ion ferrous phosphate battery-makes the Shenzhen-based company a front-runner in the race to make mass-market electric cars.
  这家电池制造巨头所生产的磷酸亚铁锂离子电池让这家总部位于深圳的公司在广阔的电动车市场上成为了领跑者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。