in the front rank

基本解釋

The China Netcom broadband high-speed Internet network was launched, with its overall level standing in the front ranks of the international telecom networks.
中國(guó)網(wǎng)通寬帶高速互聯(lián)網(wǎng)開(kāi)通，總體水平處于國(guó)際電信網(wǎng)前列。
It can however surely not be placed in the front ranks. Only when Manchuria has been occupied and its position there consolidated can it be thought of, to make a drive in a northwestern direction.
只有當(dāng)滿洲被完全占領(lǐng)且其地位被鞏固之時(shí)才可能去慮及向西北方向前行。
This paper expounds the causes for the appearing of the new social ranks, explains the important position of new social ranks in united front work and suggests how to conduct the united front work.
就新社會(huì)階層出現(xiàn)的原因、新社會(huì)階層在統(tǒng)戰(zhàn)工作中的重要地位及如何開(kāi)展好其統(tǒng)戰(zhàn)工作作了論述。

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