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　

Collins.1

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Or the next front-runner for the Republican nomination for president.
  或者是下一界共和党总统候选人中的领头者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。