vanguard

noun

1. （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。
2. 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

1. N-SING （革命或研究的）前沿；先锋，先驱
   If someone is in the vanguard of something 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 as the 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
2. N-SING 先头部队;尖兵
   The vanguard of 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

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 vanguard units started off last night.
   部队前锋昨晚已经出发。
4. Before their vanguard reached the gates they had to come to grips with the police and soldiers.
   前面的队伍还没有冲到大门口，军警已经和他们短兵相接地混战起来。
5. The vanguard is cut off from the rear.
   首尾不能相顾。
6. Railway transportation is the vanguard of the national economy.
   铁路运输是国民经济的先行官。
7. They are in the vanguard of the reform movement.
   在改革中，他们冲锋在前。
8. The vanguard units have reached the destination.
   部队前锋已到达目的地。
9. In that time vanguard has quietly become one of the greatest business success stories of our time.
   期间，先锋集团已悄悄成为我们这个时代最伟大的成功经营故事之一。
10. With smart power, diplomacy will be the vanguard of our foreign policy.
    在灵活运用的力量中，外交将是我们外交政策的前卫。
11. Many of my Wall Street colleagues would have been embarrassed to admit they invested through Vanguard.
    要让我的许多华尔街同仁承认他们自己通过Vangurad做了投资或许是很尴尬的事。
12. 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。
13. This bag is from vanguard mills.
    这个袋子是先锋工厂生产的。
14. 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。
15. He is the vanguard and luminary of global instructor of senior leaders.
    全球高级领导者教练领域的先驱与权威者。
16. On the second day the vanguard on the right bank fell behind.
    第二天，右岸的先锋部队落在后面了。
17. 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！
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. European telecoms groups have been in the vanguard of this trend.
    欧洲的电信集团是这股潮流的先锋。
22. He's the best vanguard.
    他是最好的前锋！
23. In a way they played a vanguard role.
    在某种意义上说，他们起了先锋的作用。
24. 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。
25. What is a vanguard role?
    什么叫做先锋队的作用？
26. Carmakers have been in the vanguard of this trend.
    汽车制造商是这种趋势的排头兵。
27. In a way they have played a vanguard role& a fact recognized by everybody except the die-hards.
    起了某种先锋队的作用，这是全国除开顽固分子以外，一切的人都承认的。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. 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。

noun

1. 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

2. the leading units moving at the head of an army

   Synonym:    van

3. 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