| 释义 |
out front, advb. and adj. phr. Chiefly U.S.
[f. out adv. + front n.]
At or to the front; in front; spec. (a) at or to the battle-front; (b) Theatr., in front of the stage; in the auditorium; (c) fig., in the forefront (of a political or intellectual movement); progressive. Also (with hyphen) attrib.
1916‘Boyd Cable’ Action Front 200 These average good men who had ‘joined up’ freely, who had longed for the end of home training and the transfer ‘out Front’. 1934J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice vi. 57 She went out front with an order, and me and the Greek sat down. 1937C. Himes Black on Black (1973) 129 This little white lain pulled up out front in a big Lincoln touring a block long. 1962Listener 11 Oct. 570/1 Obsolete acommodation, backstage and out-front. 1963Auden Dyer's Hand 186 There is no difference for Falstaff between those on stage and those out front. 1968T. Wolfe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test iv. 53 A community of intelligent, very open, out-front people—out front was a term everybody was using. 1973Black World Mar. 36 His behind-the-scenes rather than vigorous outfront leadership. 1976L. Alther Kinflicks ii. 22 ‘Have you seen the new fishburger franchise?’ Mrs Yancy asked, pointing out the window at a red and silver building with a sign out front featuring in neon a one-legged pirate tangoing with a laughing swordfish. 1977New Yorker 10 Oct. 156/3 Powell himself was said to be deeply bothered by that, and to have realized that he had been too ‘out front’ on the issue. |