In recent years, a growing body of research has shown that our appetite and food intake are influenced by a large number of factors besides our biological need for energy, including our eating environment and our perception of the food in front of us.
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Studies have shown, for instance, that eating in front of the TV ( or a similar distraction) can increase both hunger and the amount of food consumed
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Several hours after a meal, people's hunger levels were predicted not by how much they'd eaten but rather by how much food they'd seen in front of them in other words, how much they remembered eating
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They practically beg a user to ignore the long-suffering professor struggling to pass on accumulated wisdom from the front of the room - a prospect that teachers find most irritating and students view as, well, inevitable.
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But why don't we offer to pay for the printing of the programs ourselves on condition that on the front cover there's something like This program is presented with the compliments of Norland Electronics, and free advertising of course.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
Jack White, the former front man of the White Stripes and an influential figure among fellow musicians, likes to make things difficult for himself.
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N-COUNT
前面;前部;正面
The front of something is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use.
例句
One man sat in an armchair, and the other sat on the front of the desk...
一個(gè)男人坐在扶手椅里，另一個(gè)坐在桌子前面。
Stand at the front of the line...
站在隊(duì)伍前頭。
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N-COUNT
(建筑物)臨街的一面，正面
The front of a building is the side or part of it that faces the street.
例句
Attached to the front of the house, there was a large veranda.
房子的正面有一條寬大的游廊。
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N-SING
(人或動物的)身體前部，前身,胸部
A person's or animal's front is the part of their body between their head and their legs that is on the opposite side to their back.
例句
If you lie your baby on his front, he'll lift his head and chest up.
如果讓寶寶俯臥，他會把頭和胸抬起。
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ADJ
前面的;前部的;正面的;(位置)在前的
Front is used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the front or nearest to the front.
例句
I went out there on the front porch...
我出來走到前廊上。
She was only six and still missing her front teeth...
她才 6 歲，門牙還沒長出來。
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ADJ
(報(bào)紙)頭(版)的，首(頁)的
The front page of a newspaper is the outside of the first page, where the main news stories are printed.
例句
The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers...
《衛(wèi)報(bào)》的頭版刊登了兩國外交部長的一張合影。
The violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers.
加沙地帶的暴力事件成為大多數(shù)報(bào)紙的頭版新聞。
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N-SING
海濱道
The front is a road next to the sea in a seaside town.
例句
...a stroll on the front...
漫步于海濱道
Amy went out for a last walk along the sea front.
埃米出了門，最后一次沿著海濱道散步。
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N-COUNT
(戰(zhàn)爭中的)前線，前方
In a war, the front is a line where two opposing armies are facing each other.
例句
Sonja's husband is fighting at the front.
索尼婭的丈夫正在前線打仗。
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N-COUNT
(某個(gè))方面，領(lǐng)域
If you say that something is happening on a particular front, you mean that it is happening with regard to a particular situation or field of activity.
例句
...research across a wide academic front...
跨多個(gè)學(xué)術(shù)領(lǐng)域的研究
We're moving forward on a variety of fronts.
我們正在多個(gè)方面向前推進(jìn)。
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N-COUNT
(裝出的)樣子;假面具
If someone puts on a particular kind of front, they pretend to have a particular quality.
例句
Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home...
邁克爾對外界和家人都表現(xiàn)出一副勇敢的樣子。
His laugh-a-minute image is just a front to hide his deep unhappiness.
他滑稽可笑的形象只是用來掩飾內(nèi)心深處痛苦的假面具。
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N-COUNT
(非法或秘密的組織或活動的)掩護(hù)，幌子
An organization or activity that is a front for one that is illegal or secret is used to hide it.
例句
...a firm later identified by the police as a front for crime syndicates...
后經(jīng)警方確認(rèn)為犯罪集團(tuán)幌子的一家公司
He said the present civilian government is just a front for the old military regime.
他說現(xiàn)今的平民政府只不過是先前軍事政權(quán)的一個(gè)幌子。
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N-COUNT
(冷熱空氣交匯的)鋒
In relation to the weather, a front is a line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air.
例句
The snow signaled the arrival of a front, and a high-pressure area seemed to be settling in...
下雪預(yù)示著冷熱空氣的交鋒，而一個(gè)高氣壓區(qū)似乎也將到來并可能持續(xù)。
A very active cold front brought dramatic weather changes to Kansas on Wednesday.
一股強(qiáng)冷空氣前鋒周三使堪薩斯的天氣發(fā)生了劇變。
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N-IN-NAMES
(常用于政治組織名稱中)陣線
Front is often used in the titles of political organizations with a particular aim.
例句
...the People's Liberation Front.
人民解放陣線
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VERB
面對;朝向
A building or an area of land that fronts a particular place or fronts onto it is next to it and faces it.
例句
...real estate, which includes undeveloped land fronting the city convention center...
包括城市會議中心對面未開發(fā)土地的房地產(chǎn)
There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement.
面對人行道有一些漂亮的維多利亞時(shí)代的房子。
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VERB
領(lǐng)導(dǎo);作為…的領(lǐng)袖
The person who fronts an organization is the most senior person in it.
例句
He fronted a formidable band of fighters...
他率領(lǐng)著一隊(duì)可畏的斗士。
The commission, fronted by Sir Isaac Hayatali, was set up in June 1992.
由艾薩克·哈亞塔利爵士領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的這個(gè)委員會建立于 1992 年 6月。
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VERB
作為…的主唱
The person who fronts a pop group or rock band is the main singer.
例句
He also fronted a group called Haircuts That Kill.
他還是一個(gè)叫做“酷炫發(fā)式”樂隊(duì)的主唱。
...the debut single from the new five-piece fronted by singer Melissa Heathcoate.
以歌手梅利莎·希思科特為主唱的新5人組合的首支單曲
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PHRASE
在前面;在最前頭
If a person or thing is in front, they are ahead of others in a moving group, or further forward than someone or something else.
例句
Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front...
警察將會嚴(yán)厲打擊超速或是緊貼前車行駛的瘋狂司機(jī)。
'What's with this guy?' demanded an American voice in the row in front.
“這人怎么了?”前排有個(gè)美國人問道。
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PHRASE
(在競賽或比賽中)處于領(lǐng)先位置
Someone who is in front in a competition or contest at a particular point is winning at that point.
例句
Richard Dunwoody is in front in the jockeys' title race...
理查德·鄧伍迪在職業(yè)賽馬騎師冠軍賽中領(lǐng)先其他選手。
Some preliminary polls show him out in front.
一些初步民意調(diào)查顯示他處于領(lǐng)先位置。
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PREP-PHRASE
在…前面;靠近…前部
If someone or something is in front of a particular thing, they are facing it, ahead of it, or close to the front part of it.
例句
She sat down in front of her dressing-table mirror to look at herself...
她在梳妝臺的鏡子前面坐下端詳自己。
Something darted out in front of my car, and my car hit it...
有什么東西突然沖到我的車前，我的車撞到它了。
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PREP-PHRASE
在…面前(做或說);當(dāng)著…的面
If you do or say something in front of someone else, you do or say it when they are present.
例句
They never argued in front of their children...
他們從來不當(dāng)著孩子的面爭吵。
He has been brought up not to swear in front of women.
他從小就被教育不要在女性面前說臟話。
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PHRASE
在國內(nèi)方面
On the home front or on the domestic front means with regard to your own country rather than foreign countries.
例句
Its present economic ills on the home front are largely the result of overspending...
它目前國內(nèi)方面的經(jīng)濟(jì)弊病主要源自支出過度。
On the domestic front, the president got his way with his budget proposals.
國內(nèi)方面，總統(tǒng)提出的預(yù)算案獲得了通過。
Noun
1. the immediate proximity of someone or something;
"she blushed in his presence""he sensed the presence of danger""he was well behaved in front of company"2. the side that is forward or prominent
3. the side that is seen or that goes first
4. a sphere of activity involving effort;
"the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front""they advertise on many different fronts"5. the line along which opposing armies face each other
6. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals;
"he was a charter member of the movement""politicians have to respect a mass movement""he led the national liberation front"7. (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
8. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
9. the outward appearance of a person;
"he put up a bold front"10. the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer;
"he walked to the front of the stage"Verb
1. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to;
"The house looks north""My backyard look onto the pond""The building faces the park"2. confront bodily;
"breast the storm"Adjective
1. relating to or located in the front;
"the front lines""the front porch"2. located anteriorly