英语词汇“front organization”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. A person, organization, etc., that serves as a cover for subversive or illegal activities. So front man, front organization. Originally U.S.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > of something illegal

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1905 McClure's Mag. 24 346 For Brayton was the front, not the head of the System.

1926 J. Black You can't Win iv. 27 The store was but a ‘front’ or blind for a poker game and dice games in the back room.

1934 H. N. Rose Thes. Slang 25/1 Representative Who Poses as the ‘Big Shot’ of a Gang (n. phr.): the front man.

1938 H. Asbury Sucker's Progress 345 Their agent and front man was the Chief of Police.

1940 in Amer. Speech (1941) 16 146/2 Foreign ‘isms’..masquerading behind ‘front’ organizations.

1940 Time 29 Jan. 23/3 Department of Justice investigators believe that Earl Browder is a mere front-man.

1949 M. Miller Sure Thing (1950) 67 It's a front; the Commies control it.

1949 M. Miller Sure Thing (1950) 70 ‘I attended a camp of the Youth League of America.’ ‘You knew..that was merely a front for the Communist Party.’

1951 J. Cornish Provincials 213 I dare say it was all a ‘front’ for spy activities.

1959 ‘M. Erskine’ House of Enchantress ix. 130 He was..respectable-looking and meek,..just the type to make an excellent front for Madame Rosario.

1960 Spectator 16 Sept. 408 He becomes the nark and front-man for an unscrupulous white landlord in a slum-house area.

1965 Spectator 19 Feb. 220/1 A Communist ‘front’ organisation formed and financed by the Communist régime in North Vietnam.

单词	front organization
释义	> as lemmas front organization g. A person, organization, etc., that serves as a cover for subversive or illegal activities. So front man, front organization. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > of something illegal blind1694 front1905 1905 McClure's Mag. 24 346 For Brayton was the front, not the head of the System. 1926 J. Black You can't Win iv. 27 The store was but a ‘front’ or blind for a poker game and dice games in the back room. 1934 H. N. Rose Thes. Slang 25/1 Representative Who Poses as the ‘Big Shot’ of a Gang (n. phr.): the front man. 1938 H. Asbury Sucker's Progress 345 Their agent and front man was the Chief of Police. 1940 in Amer. Speech (1941) 16 146/2 Foreign ‘isms’..masquerading behind ‘front’ organizations. 1940 Time 29 Jan. 23/3 Department of Justice investigators believe that Earl Browder is a mere front-man. 1949 M. Miller Sure Thing (1950) 67 It's a front; the Commies control it. 1949 M. Miller Sure Thing (1950) 70 ‘I attended a camp of the Youth League of America.’ ‘You knew..that was merely a front for the Communist Party.’ 1951 J. Cornish Provincials 213 I dare say it was all a ‘front’ for spy activities. 1959 ‘M. Erskine’ House of Enchantress ix. 130 He was..respectable-looking and meek,..just the type to make an excellent front for Madame Rosario. 1960 Spectator 16 Sept. 408 He becomes the nark and front-man for an unscrupulous white landlord in a slum-house area. 1965 Spectator 19 Feb. 220/1 A Communist ‘front’ organisation formed and financed by the Communist régime in North Vietnam. extracted from frontn.adj. < as lemmas
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