52. IBM公司一直處在電腦行業(yè)的前沿。
[誤] IBM is always in the front line of computer industry.
[正] IBM is always at the cuttting edge of computer insustry.
注:
front line 是“前線,第一線”的意思,常指最危險(xiǎn)或最艱苦的地方。例如:Many doctors are in the front
line of the fighting against SARS(許多醫(yī)生戰(zhàn)斗在抗擊“非典”的第一線)。at the cutting edge 最早出現(xiàn)在20世紀(jì)50年代,它最初指“銳器的鋒利部位”,現(xiàn)在常隱喻“處在(高科技的)最前沿。