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月听力原文
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...
一个男人坐在扶手椅里，另一个坐在桌子前面。
Stand at the front of the line...
站在队伍前头。
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N-COUNT
(建筑物)临街的一面，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.
房子的正面有一条宽大的游廊。
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N-SING
(人或动物的)身体前部，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.
如果让宝宝俯卧，他会把头和胸抬起。
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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...
我出来走到前廊上。
She was only six and still missing her front teeth...
她才 6 岁，门牙还没长出来。
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ADJ
(报纸)头(版)的，首(页)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...
《卫报》的头版刊登了两国外交部长的一张合影。
The violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers.
加沙地带的暴力事件成为大多数报纸的头版新闻。
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N-SING
海滨道
The front is a road next to the sea in a seaside town.
例句
...a stroll on the front...
漫步于海滨道
Amy went out for a last walk along the sea front.
埃米出了门，最后一次沿着海滨道散步。
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N-COUNT
(战争中的)前线，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.
索尼娅的丈夫正在前线打仗。
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N-COUNT
(某个)方面，领域
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...
跨多个学术领域的研究
We're moving forward on a variety of fronts.
我们正在多个方面向前推进。
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N-COUNT
(装出的)样子;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...
迈克尔对外界和家人都表现出一副勇敢的样子。
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来掩饰内心深处痛苦的假面具。
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N-COUNT
(非法或秘密的组织或活动的)掩护，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...
后经警方确认为犯罪集团幌子的一家公司
He said the present civilian government is just a front for the old military regime.
他说现今的平民政府只不过是先前军事政权的一个幌子。
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N-COUNT
(冷热空气交汇的)锋
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...
下雪预示着冷热空气的交锋，而一个高气压区似乎也将到来并可能持续。
A very active cold front brought dramatic weather changes to Kansas on Wednesday.
一股强冷空气前锋周三使堪萨斯的天气发生了剧变。
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N-IN-NAMES
(常用于政治组织名称中)阵线
Front is often used in the titles of political organizations with a particular aim.
例句
...the People's Liberation Front.
人民解放阵线
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VERB
面对;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...
包括城市会议中心对面未开发土地的房地产
There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement.
面对人行道有一些漂亮的维多利亚时代的房子。
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VERB
领导;作为…的领袖
The person who fronts an organization is the most senior person in it.
例句
He fronted a formidable band of fighters...
他率领着一队可畏的斗士。
The commission, fronted by Sir Isaac Hayatali, was set up in June 1992.
由艾萨克·哈亚塔利爵士领导的这个委员会建立于 1992 年 6月。
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VERB
作为…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.
他还是一个叫做“酷炫发式”乐队的主唱。
...the debut single from the new five-piece fronted by singer Melissa Heathcoate.
以歌手梅利莎·希思科特为主唱的新5人组合的首支单曲
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PHRASE
在前面;在最前头
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...
警察将会严厉打击超速或是紧贴前车行驶的疯狂司机。
'What's with this guy?' demanded an American voice in the row in front.
“这人怎么了?”前排有个美国人问道。
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PHRASE
(在竞赛或比赛中)处于领先位置
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·邓伍迪在职业赛马骑师冠军赛中领先其他选手。
Some preliminary polls show him out in front.
一些初步民意调查显示他处于领先位置。
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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...
她在梳妆台的镜子前面坐下端详自己。
Something darted out in front of my car, and my car hit it...
有什么东西突然冲到我的车前，我的车撞到它了。
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PREP-PHRASE
在…面前(做或说);当着…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...
他们从来不当着孩子的面争吵。
He has been brought up not to swear in front of women.
他从小就被教育不要在女性面前说脏话。
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PHRASE
在国内方面
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...
它目前国内方面的经济弊病主要源自支出过度。
On the domestic front, the president got his way with his budget proposals.
国内方面，总统提出的预算案获得了通过。
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