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| 1 | T to be the leader or main representative of a group 领导；代表 | a financial consortium fronted by Charles Villiers 以查尔斯·维利尔斯为代表的财团 | | | 1a | to be the main singer or musician in a band 担任（乐队）的领唱（或领奏） | | I’ d love to front my own jazz band. 我想担任自己爵士乐队的领奏。 | | | | 1b | to be the main person appearing in a television programme and telling people what is happening in each part of the programme 主持（电视节目） | | What is it like to front such a popular TV show? 担任如此受欢迎的电视节目的主持人是一种什么样的感觉？ | | |
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| 2 | I/T if an area or building fronts something or fronts on or onto it , it has that thing at the front of it 朝向 | The theatre is housed in a large building fronting Canning Street. 戏院设在面朝坎宁大街的一栋大楼里面。 | | The estate fronts onto the bay. 庄园正朝着海湾。 | | | 2a | T to be in front of something 在…的前面 | | A spacious forecourt fronts the handsome house. 这幢漂亮的房子前面有一个宽敞的前院。 | | |
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| | front for sb/sth: to be a person or company that hides an illegal or secret activity for another person or organization 为…作掩护；为…作幌子 |
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