fronting

英 [ˈfrʌntɪŋ]

美 [ˈfrʌntɪŋ]

v.  面向; 在…前面; 朝; 向; 用…作正面; 用…覆盖正面; 领导，代表(团体、组织等)
front的现在分词

现在分词：fronting　

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 前面;前部;正面
  Thefrontofsomething is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use.
  1. One man sat in an armchair, and the other sat on the front of the desk...
     一个男人坐在扶手椅里，另一个坐在桌子前面。
  2. Stand at the front of the line...
     站在队伍前头。
  3. Her cotton dress had ripped down the front.
     她的棉布连衣裙前面都扯裂了。
• N-COUNT (建筑物)临街的一面，正面
  Thefrontofa building is the side or part of it that faces the street.
  1. Attached to the front of the house, there was a large veranda.
     房子的正面有一条宽大的游廊。
• N-SING (人或动物的)身体前部，前身,胸部
  A person's or animal'sfrontis the part of their body between their head and their legs that is on the opposite side to their back.
  1. If you lie your baby on his front, he'll lift his head and chest up.
     如果让宝宝俯卧，他会把头和胸抬起。
• ADJ 前面的;前部的;正面的;(位置)在前的
  Frontis used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the front or nearest to the front.
  1. I went out there on the front porch...
     我出来走到前廊上。
  2. She was only six and still missing her front teeth...
     她才 6 岁，门牙还没长出来。
  3. Children may be tempted to climb into the front seat while the car is in motion.
     车辆行驶时，孩子可能会被前排的座位吸引而想要爬过去。
• See also:The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers...The violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers.front-page
• N-SING 海滨道
  The frontis a road next to the sea in a seaside town.
  1. ...a stroll on the front...
     漫步于海滨道
  2. Amy went out for a last walk along the sea front.
     埃米出了门，最后一次沿着海滨道散步。
• See also:Sonja's husband is fighting at the front.front line
• N-COUNT (某个)方面，领域
  If you say that something is happening on a particularfront, you mean that it is happening with regard to a particular situation or field of activity.
  1. ...research across a wide academic front...
     跨多个学术领域的研究
  2. We're moving forward on a variety of fronts.
     我们正在多个方面向前推进。
• N-COUNT (装出的)样子;假面具
  If someone puts on a particular kind offront, they pretend to have a particular quality.
  1. Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home...
     迈克尔对外界和家人都表现出一副勇敢的样子。
  2. His laugh-a-minute image is just a front to hide his deep unhappiness.
     他滑稽可笑的形象只是用来掩饰内心深处痛苦的假面具。
• N-COUNT (非法或秘密的组织或活动的)掩护，幌子
  An organization or activity that isafrontforone that is illegal or secret is used to hide it.
  1. ...a firm later identified by the police as a front for crime syndicates...
     后经警方确认为犯罪集团幌子的一家公司
  2. He said the present civilian government is just a front for the old military regime.
     他说现今的平民政府只不过是先前军事政权的一个幌子。
• N-COUNT (冷热空气交汇的)锋
  In relation to the weather, afrontis a line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air.
  1. The snow signaled the arrival of a front, and a high-pressure area seemed to be settling in...
     下雪预示着冷热空气的交锋，而一个高气压区似乎也将到来并可能持续。
  2. A very active cold front brought dramatic weather changes to Kansas on Wednesday.
     一股强冷空气前锋周三使堪萨斯的天气发生了剧变。
• N-IN-NAMES (常用于政治组织名称中)阵线
  Frontis often used in the titles of political organizations with a particular aim.
  1. ...the People's Liberation Front.
     人民解放阵线
• VERB 面对;朝向
  A building or an area of land thatfrontsa particular place orfrontsontoit is next to it and faces it.
  1. ...real estate, which includes undeveloped land fronting the city convention center...
     包括城市会议中心对面未开发土地的房地产
  2. There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement.
     面对人行道有一些漂亮的维多利亚时代的房子。
  3. ...quaint cottages fronted by lawns and flowerbeds.
     前面有草坪和花坛的几处别致的村舍
• VERB 领导;作为…的领袖
  The person whofrontsan organization is the most senior person in it.
  1. He fronted a formidable band of fighters...
     他率领着一队可畏的斗士。
  2. The commission, fronted by Sir Isaac Hayatali, was set up in June 1992.
     由艾萨克·哈亚塔利爵士领导的这个委员会建立于 1992 年 6月。

in AM, use 美国英语用head


• VERB 作为…的主唱
  The person whofrontsa pop group or rock band is the main singer.
  1. He also fronted a group called Haircuts That Kill.
     他还是一个叫做“酷炫发式”乐队的主唱。
  2. ...the debut single from the new five-piece fronted by singer Melissa Heathcoate.
     以歌手梅利莎·希思科特为主唱的新5人组合的首支单曲
• PHRASE 在前面;在最前头
  If a person or thing isin front, they are ahead of others in a moving group, or further forward than someone or something else.
  1. Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front...
     警察将会严厉打击超速或是紧贴前车行驶的疯狂司机。
  2. 'What's with this guy?' demanded an American voice in the row in front.
     “这人怎么了?”前排有个美国人问道。
• PHRASE (在竞赛或比赛中)处于领先位置
  Someone who isin frontin a competition or contest at a particular point is winning at that point.
  1. Richard Dunwoody is in front in the jockeys' title race...
     理查德·邓伍迪在职业赛马骑师冠军赛中领先其他选手。
  2. Some preliminary polls show him out in front.
     一些初步民意调查显示他处于领先位置。
• PREP-PHRASE 在…前面;靠近…前部
  If someone or something isin front ofa particular thing, they are facing it, ahead of it, or close to the front part of it.
  1. She sat down in front of her dressing-table mirror to look at herself...
     她在梳妆台的镜子前面坐下端详自己。
  2. Something darted out in front of my car, and my car hit it...
     有什么东西突然冲到我的车前，我的车撞到它了。
  3. A police car was parked in front of the house.
     一辆警车停在这幢房子前面。
• PREP-PHRASE 在…面前(做或说);当着…的面
  If you do or say somethingin front ofsomeone else, you do or say it when they are present.
  1. They never argued in front of their children...
     他们从来不当着孩子的面争吵。
  2. He has been brought up not to swear in front of women.
     他从小就被教育不要在女性面前说脏话。
• PHRASE 在国内方面
  On the home frontoron the domestic frontmeans with regard to your own country rather than foreign countries.
  1. Its present economic ills on the home front are largely the result of overspending...
     它目前国内方面的经济弊病主要源自支出过度。
  2. On the domestic front, the president got his way with his budget proposals.
     国内方面，总统提出的预算案获得了通过。

双语例句

• The problem comes when they deny Yao the ball by fronting.
  但是，当对手绕前防守时，问题就出来了。
• In fact, much to my surprise, I am fronting a pretty happening little band.
  事实上，我所领衔的是一支很不错的即兴小乐队，这一点连我自己也感到惊讶。
• IT proceeded to denude the statue, fronting the church bishop's podium.
  接着她掀去面对主教讲台的那座雕像的外套。
• First, and preferably, the Web server fronting the application server should handle the compression.
  首先，也是更为合适的，是由应用程序服务器前端的Web服务器处理压缩。
• Some of them have area sales management systems, vendor financing ( the fronting of merchandise) and even "sales training".
  有些帮会有分区销售管理体系、供应商融资（赊销商品），甚至“销售培训”。
• Fronting water and with a hill at the back, this garden had a dense growth of evergreen trees and formed a “ retreat away from the world ”.
  这花园依山傍水，四面苍松翠柏，绿树成荫，仿佛是世外桃源。
• Although this is Will's first attempt at fronting a jazz group, Down Beat Magazine, Jazz Times, and BillBoard Magazine have given the CD top ratings.
  虽然这是会的首次尝试面向爵士小组，下跌击败杂志，爵士乐时代，广告杂志，也使裁谈会最高收视率。
• He stood fronting the audience.
  他面向观众站着。
• How to rapidly expand the Liability insurance market is an urgent problem fronting our insurance.
  如何实现责任保险市场的快速发展，是目前我国责任保险业面临的一个重要问题。
• When deploying the application in a clustered environment, the application should use the IP address of the proxy fronting the application server cluster, instead of the host address ( in. getHostAddress()).
  在集群环境中部署应用程序时，应用程序应该使用前置应用程序服务器集群的代理的IP地址，而不是主机地址（in.getHostAddress（））。