vanguard

英 [ˈvænɡɑːd]

美 [ˈvænɡɑːrd]

n.  (政治、艺术、工业等社会活动的)领导者，先锋，先驱者; 先头部队; 前卫; 尖兵

复数：vanguards　

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牛津词典

noun

• （政治、艺术、工业等社会活动的）领导者，先锋，先驱者
  the leaders of a movement in society, for example in politics, art, industry, etc.
  1. The company is proud to be in the vanguard of scientific progress.
     这家公司以处于科学发展的领先地位而自豪。
• 先头部队；前卫；尖兵
  the part of an army, etc. that is at the front when moving forward to attack the enemy

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （革命或研究的）前沿；先锋，先驱
  If someone isin the vanguard ofsomething such as a revolution or an area of research, they are involved in the most advanced part of it. You can also refer to the people themselves asthe vanguard.
  1. Such thinking puts Kodak in the vanguard of a movement reshaping the computer industry...
     这种想法使得柯达走在了改造计算机产业运动的最前沿。
  2. Sir James was an immensely distinguished architect in the vanguard of his profession.
     詹姆斯爵士是一位非常杰出的建筑师，处于其专业领域的前沿位置。
  3. ...the role of the Party as the political vanguard.
     该党的政治先锋角色
• N-SING 先头部队;尖兵
  The vanguardof an army is the part of it that goes into battle first.
  1. ...a force of mobile reserve units that could strike quickly and effectively at the vanguard of an invading army.
     能够对入侵的先头部队进行快速有效反击的机动预备部队

英英释义

noun

• the position of greatest importance or advancement
  1. the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England
  2. the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy
  Synonym:forefrontcutting edge
• the leading units moving at the head of an army
  Synonym:van
• any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
  Synonym:avant-gardevannew wave

双语例句

• Although a classically trained painter, he embraced vanguard ideas and made radical art.
  尽管接受的是经典教育，这位画家却信奉前卫理念，并投身于激进艺术的创作。
• He's the best vanguard.
  他是最好的前锋！
• What is a vanguard role?
  什么叫做先锋队的作用？
• Deutsche Bank was in the vanguard of institutions that spotted an investment opportunity in these disruptive changes in agriculture.
  很多机构已经从农业的破坏性变革中发现了投资机会，德意志银行（deutschebank）即是其中的先行者之一。
• The vanguard in the movement were priests and ministers who worked in the slums.
  运动的先锋，是在贫民窟工作的神父和牧师。
• Perhaps this cultured, cerebral place will find itself at the vanguard of China's urban competitiveness after all.
  或许这文化气息浓郁、理性的地方终究能够在中国的城市竞争力排名的排头兵中找到自己的位置。
• Carmakers have been in the vanguard of this trend.
  汽车制造商是这种趋势的排头兵。
• They are in the vanguard of the reform movement.
  在改革中，他们冲锋在前。
• Railway transportation is the vanguard of the national economy.
  铁路运输是国民经济的先行官。
• Hold Advanced Characteristics of Party Member and Shape Vanguard Figure of State-owned Management;
  把握党员先进性特征塑造国企管理者先锋形象我们拥有最先进的生产和管理技术。