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。
• 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。
• Switzerland is a front-runner among European countries in growing relations with China, and has set many records in this regard.
  在发展对华关系上，瑞士走在欧洲的前列，创造了许多第一。
• 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。
• The film will likely join 'American Hustle' and '12 Years a Slave' as an Oscar front-runner on Thursday, when Academy Awards nominations are announced.
  《地心引力》、《美国骗局》和《为奴十二年》均有可能成为今年奥斯卡奖（AcademyAwards）的夺奖热门，本周四将公布今年奥斯卡奖提名名单。
• IN THE four weeks since Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, declared he was running for president, he has already become the front-runner for the Republican nomination.
  在得州州长RickPerry宣布他将竞选总统后的四周里，他已经成为了共和党提名的领跑者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。