单词front-runner
n.: 比赛时
网络: 领先者；领先的人；领跑者
（赛跑或竞赛中）最可能获胜者，领先者:
a person, an animal or an organization that seems most likely to win a race or competition
比赛时
复数：front-runners
In a long match, the front-runner in the beginning may not be the winner.
在长跑比赛中，一开始的（领先者）未必能赢。
Any poll will ratify the significance of that insight: Romney is the front-runner, and Huntsman is languishing in single digits.
任何投票都会认同这个事实：罗姆尼是比赛的领先者，而Huntsman却陷在开始的几步里。
China, the world"s biggest steel maker, was the front-runner, particularly because it has dominated bridge building for the last decade.
中国作为世界上最大的钢铁制造国，尤其是因为其最近10年在桥梁建设业的统治地位，成为该项目的“领跑者”。
Prosecutors cleared Lee Myung-bak of wrong doing-but his rival still hopes to see his unpopular skepticism above the front runner.
追诉者宣称李明博的错误行径，但是其竞争对手还希望利用公众对这位领先者的怀疑。
"Whether the US remains the front runner in getting Man back to the Moon is a question the President needs to answer, " Dr McCurdy said.
“总统需只要回答美国是否还要保持着人类重返月球的领跑者地位这个问题”医生麦克柯迪说。
But, for the time being at least, the Republican front-runner Mitt Romney seems to rely more on realists than neocons.
但是，至少暂时，共和党总统竞选的领先者米特·罗姆尼看起来更倚重现实主义者而非新保守派。
The only Republican candidate to give vocal support to the "surge" is John McCain, the front-runner, but his hawkishness may hurt him.
唯一对“大肆增兵”给予口头支持的共和党候选人是居领先地位的约翰？麦凯恩（JohnMcCain），但其鹰派作风可能伤害他。
The next front runner, federal Judge Kimba Wood, was out in Colorado skiing when asked if she had a nanny problem.
接下来的前面的选手联邦法官Kimba木、都在科罗拉多滑雪当问她是否已经保姆的问题。
Jes Staley was put in charge of the investment bank, positioning him as the front-runner for the CEO job.
斯特利（JesStaley）被任命为投资银行部门负责人，这样他就成了首席执行长职位的最热门人选。
It may well help former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the perceived front-runner, by allowing him to stay out of the line of fire longer.
它很有可能使最被看好的前马萨诸塞州州长罗姆尼（MittRomney）能够在更长时间内身处战火之外，从而给他带来帮助。