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

• 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。
• 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。
• There's always a front-runner.
  总是会有一个冠军争夺者。
• McCain emerged as the front-runner early in the primary season after wins in New Hampshire and South Carolina.
  但赢得新罕布什尔和南卡罗来纳州初选之后，麦凯恩就遥遥领先了。
• Public opinion polls suggest that former Governor Mitt Romney is the closest thing to an early front-runner in the still-evolving Republican presidential field.
  民调显示，共和党总统角逐还在演变之中，前麻萨诸塞州州长米特·罗姆尼最接近提早率先竞选。
• 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。
• Thus, Amazon is often seen as a front-runner in the commercializing of cloud computing, in particular with coming up with billing and usage models.
  因此，Amazon常被视为是云计算商业化方面的领跑者，在计费和使用模型方面尤为突出。
• 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。
• There are a number of potential successors, but no obvious front-runner has emerged.
  继任者的人选有很多，但没有哪位人选具备明显的优势。
• The Ahn effect has done wonders for MrPark's chances: a rank outsider before the endorsement, he is now the front-runner, according to a poll conducted by the newspaper Seoul Shinmun.
  安哲秀的效应已经为朴元淳创造出竞选奇迹，根据首尔新闻的一项民意调查，原本毫无胜算的朴元淳现在已成为竞选人众的领跑者了。