forefront /ˈfɔːˌfrʌnt/ CET6+ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-SING If you are at the forefront of a campaign or other activity, you have a leading and influential position in it. (运动、活动的) 前沿

  例：

  They have been at the forefront of the campaign for political change.

  他们一直处于政治变革运动的前沿。

• 2. 

  N-SING If something is at the forefront of people's minds or attention, they think about it a lot because it is particularly important to them. (思考、关注的) 重心

  例：

  The pension issue was not at the forefront of his mind in the spring of 1985.

  养老金问题在1985年春不是他思考的重心。