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fronting

/ˈfɹʌntɪŋ/

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verb

面向，朝向

To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.

Examples :

"The house is fronting the park, offering a beautiful view. "

这栋房子面向公园，拥有美丽的景色。

direction position

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verb

面向，朝向

To face, be opposite to.

Examples :

"The classroom building fronts the playground. "

教学楼面向操场。

position direction place

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verb

面对，对抗，迎面而来。

To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

Examples :

"Example: "Instead of avoiding the problem, she decided she needed to start fronting it and find a solution." "

她意识到自己不能再逃避问题了，而是需要开始直面它，并找到解决方案。

action attitude communication

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verb

装饰正面，在...前面加上

To adorn the front of; to put on the front.

Examples :

"She was fronting her scrapbook with colorful stickers. "

她用彩色贴纸装饰着她的剪贴簿的封面。

appearance style

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verb

舌前音化，前置发音。

To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

Examples :

"The speech therapist explained that the child was fronting his /k/ sounds, making them sound like /t/ sounds. "

语言治疗师解释说，这个孩子发/k/音的时候舌位靠前，导致听起来像/t/音。

phonetics language linguistics

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verb

前置，前提。

To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

Examples :

"Instead of saying "He ate the apple," we can emphasize the apple by fronting it: "The apple, he ate." "

与其说“他吃了苹果”, 我们不如把“苹果”前置一下来强调它，变成“苹果，他吃了”。

linguistics grammar

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verb

掩护, 包庇.

To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

Examples :

"He was fronting for his friend, claiming he was sick when he was actually at the beach. "

他为了掩护朋友，谎称他生病了，实际上他正在海滩上玩。

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verb

牵头，带头，出面。

To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

Examples :

""She is fronting the school's campaign to raise money for new computers." "

她正在牵头学校为购买新电脑筹款的活动。

politics media organization business communication

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verb

垫付，预付。

To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

Examples :

"The company is fronting the employees' travel expenses for the conference. "

公司正在为员工垫付参加会议的差旅费用。

business finance

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verb

装腔作势，虚张声势。

To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

Examples :

"He was fronting when he said he knew how to fix the car; he clearly had no idea what he was doing. "

他说他会修车，简直就是在装腔作势；他显然根本不知道自己在做什么。

appearance character action society

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verb

伪装，冒充。

To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

Examples :

"He's just fronting about being rich; he still lives with his parents and drives an old car. "

他只是装有钱而已，他还跟他父母住在一起，开着一辆旧车。

appearance character action attitude communication

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verb

当面, 面临

To appear before.

Examples :

"to front court"

直接面对法庭

language linguistics

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noun

前移，前化。

A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.

Examples :

"The linguist explained that fronting of the /u/ sound in words like "blue" is common in some dialects, where it's pronounced closer to the front of the mouth. "

语言学家解释说，在一些方言中，像 "blue" 这样的词里的 /u/ 音会发生前化现象，也就是说，这个音的发音位置会更靠前，更接近口腔的前部。

phonetics linguistics

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noun

元音前化

A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.

Examples :

""The student's phonetics paper on vowel alternations included an example of fronting in a particular dialect, where the /u/ sound in 'boot' sometimes becomes closer to an /i/ sound depending on surrounding words." "

这名学生的语音学论文研究元音替换现象，其中提到了一个方言中元音前化的例子，即“boot”中的 /u/ 音有时会根据周围的词变成更接近 /i/ 的音。

phonetics linguistics

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noun

元音前化

An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.

Examples :

""The linguistics professor discussed vowel fronting in some regional dialects, explaining how the /u/ sound, as in 'goose,' is pronounced further forward in the mouth compared to standard English." "

那位语言学教授讨论了某些地区方言中的元音前化现象，解释了像“goose”中的 /u/ 音，在发音时口腔位置比标准英语更靠前。

language linguistics phonetics

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noun

前置，提前。

The movement of a word of phrase to nearer the beginning of a sentence or clause than it would usually appear, often for emphasis. May also occur as part of the standard syntax of particular constructions (e.g. wh-fronting).

Examples :

"The teacher explained that fronting like "This I know" instead of "I know this" is used for emphasis in writing. "

老师解释说，像“这个我知道”而不是“我知道这个”这样的前置用法，在写作中是为了强调。

language linguistics grammar word structure writing communication

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noun

装门面，撑场面.

An act of putting on a false façade to impress people.

Examples :

"His constant boasting about his non-existent wealth was clearly just fronting to impress the new girl at school. "

他总是吹嘘自己根本不存在的财富，显然只是为了在新来的女生面前装门面，撑场面。

appearance character attitude action