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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fore1 /fɔː $ fɔːr/ noun  to the fore IMPORTANTto or in a position of importance or influence 变得重要；突出 Environmental issues came to the fore in the 1980s. 20世纪80年代，环境问题成了热点。 The case brought to the fore a lot of racial tensions. 这起案件凸显出诸多种族矛盾。
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    fore• One of them assured us that as he went from fore to aft his shoes were well-nigh buried in blood and brains.• Muhammad Ali and Pelé are at the fore of the other.• Automatically, women's bodies are again to the fore.• The 1980s were a decade in which many social issues came to the fore.• No new politician has come to the fore, so others vie to fill the vacuum.• Passive smoking has come to the fore.• Instead, it was a real middle class, of diverse origins, pushed to the fore by changing conditions.• When they returned, thousands awaited them at the airport with Yamamoto to the fore.    fore2 adjective [only before noun] technical  FRONTthe fore parts of a ship, plane, or animal are the parts at the front 〔船、飞机或动物〕前部的 —fore adverb
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    fore• Three hundred metres from the end of the race, the horse stumbled and fractured its right fore cannon bone.• The fore part of the carcass provides the picnic shoulder and the Boston butt.    fore- /fɔː $ fɔːr/ prefix  1  BEFOREbefore 预先；先，前 The enemy had been forewarned. 敌人已事先得到警告。 → forewarned is forearmed at forewarn(2)2  FRONTplaced at the front （在…）前面的 her forenames 她的名字 a horse’s forelegs 马的前腿3  FRONTthe front part of something 〔某物的〕前部 his forehead 他的前额
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    fore-• forethought• his strong forearms• in the foreground• the factory foreman• to forewarn someone    Origin fore- Old English fore “before, previously” fore1 (1600-1700) → FORE2 fore2 (1400-1500) fore “before”; → FORE-
    fore1 nounfore2 adjectivefore- prefixChinese
    position in a Corpus or or importance to influence of


    fore
    I
    fore1 /fɔː $ fɔːr/ noun
     Date: 1600-1700
     Origin: ⇨ fore2
    to the fore to or in a position of importance or influence:
        Environmental issues came to the fore in the 1980s.
        The case brought to the fore a lot of racial tensions.

    II
    fore2 adjective [only before noun] technical
     Date: 1400-1500
     Origin: fore 'before'; ⇨ fore-
    the fore parts of a ship, plane, or animal are the parts at the front
    —fore adverb


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    foreBrE /fɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /fɔːr/ 🔊 noun●come to the ˈfore (BrE also be to the ˈfore, NAmE also be at the ˈfore) to be/become important and noticed by people; to play an important part 变得重要（或突出）；起重要作用◆The problem has come to the fore again in recent months. 近几个月来这个问题又成为热点。🔊🔊◆She has always been to the fore at moments of crisis. 在危急时刻她总是挺身而出。🔊🔊●bring sth to the ˈforeto make sth become noticed by people 使处于显要地位；使突出
    foreBrE /fɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /fɔːr/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (specialist) located at the front of a ship, an aircraft or an animal 在（船、航空器或动物）前部的；在头部的  ➡  compare aft, hind adjective
    foreBrE /fɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /fɔːr/ 🔊 adverbat or towards the front of a ship or an aircraft 在（或向）船头；在（或向）飞行器头部  ➡  compare aft Fore! used in the game of golf to warn people that they are in the path of a ball that you are hitting 前方注意，看球（打高尔夫球时警告前面球路中的人以免被击中）