Idioms
at/in/to the forefront (of something)
in or into an important or leading position in a particular group or activity 处于最前列;进入重要地位(或主要地位) Women have always been at the forefront of the Green movement. 妇女总是在环境保护运动的最前列。 The new product took the company to the forefront of the computer software field. 该新产品使这家公司跻身计算机软件业的前列。 This latest protest has brought prison conditions to the forefront of public attention. 最近的抗议使监狱条件成为公众关注的焦点。 The court case was constantly in the forefront of my mind (= I thought about it all the time). 这个诉讼案件一直萦系在我的心头。
Extra ExamplesHis new job thrust him to the forefront. 新工作将他推上要职。 She came to the forefront as governor after the political change. 这次政治变动后,她接任了州长这一要职。 The new factory could put the town back at the forefront of steel manufacture. 这家新工厂能使这个城镇恢复炼钢重镇的地位。 issues at the forefront of government policy 政府政策中首当其冲的问题