upfront

单词upfront

基本解释

adj.: 正直的；无拘束的；最前面的；首要的
网络: 预先；坦率的；预先的

英汉解释

• 第一位的

• 正直的;坦率的,无拘束的

• 最前面的;首要的

• 预先到来的;预先做的

例句

• It takes courage to trust that concrete feedback along the way is better than trying to know everything up front.

  相信开发过程中的具体反馈比预先知道每件事更有价值，需要一定的勇气。

• "Mr. Chairman, " he said quietly, "the captain needs to see you up front. Two planes have flown into the World Trade Center. "

  “主席先生，”他低声说道，“机长要在前头见您。两架飞机撞了世贸中心。”

• All that against a Modena side who were intent on making life particularly hard, closing down the gaps and denying space up front.

  摩德纳一直试图缩小差距，压缩尤文的前场空间。而尤文球员的默契配合是对他们最好的回应。

• For big enterprise, the lowered cost of IT would make up for the greater up-front subscription fee.

  对于大企业来说，降低的IT成本抵消了更高的最初使用费。

• There are worries not only about how much these measures cost up front but their longer-term effects on government finances.

  不仅是关于这些激励举措的先期成本几多，而且关于这些举措给各国财政带来的较长期效果如何也都存在着忧虑。

• And I guess I should just tell you up front that playing shows on this tour is the best time I"ve ever had onstage.

  我想我应该提前告知你们，在这次的巡演中为大家演唱是我在舞台上的最美好的时光。

• I know it"s trite to say it, but it"s so easy to get off the path to a good plan if you don"t have the goals clearly defined up front.

  我知道这样说有点老套，但如果您还没有清晰地定义前方的目标，那么可以非常轻松地开辟出通往一项良好计划的道路。

• So you put that up front so that, if it fails, at least you know you don"t have to reset the whole thing.

  所以你才把它放在最前面，即使它出错了，至少你知道你不需要全部返工。

• I felt much more comfortable trying ideas and seeing where they lead rather than trying to think everything out up front.

  我可以尝试我的想法并看看效果如何，而不是预先想好所有事情，这让我感觉自在得多。

• I"m delighted to have been starting up front and I"ve put in a few decent performances.

  我很高兴能得到首发机会，自己也打出了不错的比赛。