单词 | front-runner |
释义 | front-runner From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfront-runnerˌfront-ˈrunner noun [countable]COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATthe person or thing that is most likely to succeed in a competition the front-runner in June’s presidential electionExamples from the Corpusfront-runner• Recall the dull front-runner, unloved but unavoidable, who plods ahead to victory in his place.• He had predicted he would win the Louisiana caucuses and be a strong runner-up to Dole, the front-runner, in Iowa. |
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