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

• A UN peace-keeping vanguard arrived in the area this week.
  一支联合国维和先头部队本周到达了该地区。
• 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。
• Do the vanguard of the Chinese landscape design profession!
  创始人寄语做中国景观规划设计行业的先锋！
• They are in the vanguard of the reform movement.
  在改革中，他们冲锋在前。
• The vanguard units started off last night.
  部队前锋昨晚已经出发。
• 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。
• The entire control rack demonstrates vanguard's digital instrument and the traditional indicator gauge board unifies ingeniously.
  整个仪表控制台将前卫的数字仪表显示与传统指针仪表盘巧妙结合。
• It has vanguard technology of friction welding and chroming and so on.
  具磨擦焊接和镀铬等先进生产工艺。
• All through the developing world the vanguard of the rural exodus has reached the urban fringes already.
  在整个发展中的世界里，退出农村而向城市迁徙的先锋已经到达了城市的边缘。
• What is a vanguard role?
  什么叫做先锋队的作用？