front-runners

英 [frʌnt ˈrʌnəz]

美 [frʌnt ˈrʌnərz]

n.  (竞赛或比赛中的)领先者，领跑者
front-runner的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (竞赛或比赛中的)最有可能获胜者，领先者
  In a competition or contest, thefront-runneris the person who seems most likely to win it.
  1. Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.
     总统选举中的两位领先者都不是主流政治家。

双语例句

• Whoever wins will be expected to take a fresh look at recent deals, although some of the front-runners also concur with the departing authorities that their destitute country has long had a raw deal from foreign miners.
  无论谁在选举中获胜，都有望对近期的交易进行重估，尽管某些领跑者也赞同即将卸任的政府的观点：即长期以来，他们贫困的国家一直受到外国矿商的不公正对待。
• Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.
  总统选举中的两位领先者都不是主流政治家。
• He made a good showing in competition with acknowledged front-runners.
  他在同公认的最可能夺魁的人竞争时表现不凡。
• In general, SaaS front-runners are usually fairly large applications constructed by many.
  一般来说，SaaS的领跑者往往是许多人构建的大型应用程序。
• None of the Republican front-runners supports expanded funding for embryonic stem-cell research.
  没有任何一位有竞争力的共和党总统竞选人支持对胚胎干细胞研究加大资金投入。
• If no candidate wins a majority in the first round, the two front-runners from the ballot qualify for a decisive second round on May6.
  如果在第一轮里没有候选人取得大多数选票，票数总量居前两位者将有资格进入五月六日的第二轮选举。
• A series of television and newspaper polls suggest a close race between the three front-runners and pollsters think the result is likely to be settled in a run-off a week after the first vote.
  一系列电视和报纸民意调查表明，三位处于领先地位的竞选人竞争激烈，民意调查人员认为，很可能在首次选举的一个星期后要举行决选。