| 单词 | in front of |
| 释义 | in front ofin front of 1 a) further forward than someone or something 在某人/某物的前面 OPP behind He was standing in front of her in the lunch queue, and they just got talking. 排队买午餐时他排在她前面，他们就说起话来。 He walked along in front of me, holding the lantern. 他提着灯笼走在我前面。 Suddenly, something ran across the road in front of the car. 突然，有什么东西从车子前面跑过了马路。 An old wooden desk stood in front of the window. 窗前摆着一张旧木桌。 b) facing someone or something 面对着某人/某物 The door opened and Harriet stood in front of him. 门开了，哈丽雅特站在他面前。 She sat down in front of the mirror and brushed her hair carefully. 她在镜子前坐下，仔细地梳起头发。 Billy crouched in front of the fire to warm his hands. 比利蹲在炉火前暖手。 c) outside a building, near its entrance 在建筑物的前面 There was a small garden in front of the house. 房子前面有座小花园。 It was raining as we parked in front of the hotel. 天正下着雨，我们把车停在酒店门口。 d) SEEif you say or do something in front of someone, you do it where they can see or hear you 在某人的面前，当着某人的面 Don’t swear in front of the children! 不要当着小孩的面说脏话！ The match was played in front of a crowd of 8,000. 比赛在8,000名观众面前进行。 e) FUTUREif you have problems or difficulties in front of you, you will soon need to deal with them 某人面临着〔难题或困难〕 → in front of your eyes at eye1(9) USAGE: In front of, opposite In front of a building means directly outside the front of it and on the same side of the street: 是指在建筑物的正前方，在街道的同一边 The car stopped in front of our hotel. 车子停在我们酒店前面。 Opposite a building means outside the front of it on the other side of a street, area of land etc: 是指在建筑物的对面，隔着街道、地块等 5the shops opposite the school 学校对面的商店 nThere are some shops opposite the school. Examples from the Corpus in front of somebody/something• One video shows him piling up hundreds of thousands of dollars in front of the owner of a popular television station.• And now I think he's so far in front of the others it's not true.• The thrills and chills come from watching great athletes play their hearts out in front of wildly partisan spectators.• Can't see what's in front of their noses.• This big man stood in front of me.• They stood in front of his locker.• After that, they picketed like crazy, all over town, in front of banks, businesses, federal buildings.• I saw the sand spurt up in front of me as bullets tore into the ground. → in front of somebody/something at front1(5) 2 SITwatching a television or using a computer 看电视/用电脑等 The average child spends three to four hours in front of the TV. 一般小孩要看三到四个小时电视。 I spend most of my time sitting in front of a computer. 我大部分时间是坐在电脑前。 Examples from the Corpus in front of the television/TV/computer etc• That night I cooked dinner and we ate in front of the television.• Put three movie fans in front of the computer, start the game and quietly leave.• She would install Hannah in front of the television and retreat to another room.• Too many hours in front of the computer screen can destroy physical fitness.• It is immoral to do the ironing in front of the television when there is a good film on.• Then she went back into the living room and sat in front of the television set without turning it on.• Smoke could be seen seeping in front of the television camera. → in front of the television/TV/computer etc at front1(10) |
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