의미: affront

★af·front n. (공공연한·의도적인) 모욕, 무례한 언동
━ vt.

1 (면전에서) 모욕하다, 무례한 언동을 하다

2 <죽음·위험 등에> 태연하게[과감히] 맞서다(confront)
put an affront upon=offer an affront to …을 모욕하다
suffer an affront 모욕을 당하다 《at》
affront·ed a. 모욕을 당한, (모욕당하여) 분한 affront·er n.
▷ affróntive a.

all quiet on the Western Front 관용구

front man

one who performs before the star goes on stage Mic is the front man for Dolly. He sings before she does her act.

front me

lend me money for now, put up the money If you will front me, I can buy the car and then repay you.

front runner

leader, one of the best With this new model, Nissan will be a front runner again.

put up a good front

pretend to be happy, fool people about one

up front

at the beginning, level with beforehand He was up front with me. He told me about the interest charges first.

front

pretend to be that which you are not; act tough:"You can't front on that" -- Beastie Boys (So what'cha want [1992])

front-in

to talk about someone, to embarrass

confront with

bring face to face；cause to meet使面对；遭遇
Fearless hunters dare to confront with the fiercest animals．无畏的猎手敢于面对最凶残的野兽。
They were confronted with a lot of difficulties in their research work．他们在研究工作中遇到了许多困难。

in front of

before在…的前面
A large tree stands in front of his house．他的房前长有一棵大树。

up-front

Idiom(s): up-front

Theme: SALES

in advance.
• I ordered a new car, and they wanted 20 percent up-front.
• I couldn't afford to pay that much upfront. I'd have to make a smaller deposit.