in the front rank

基本解释

The China Netcom broadband high-speed Internet network was launched, with its overall level standing in the front ranks of the international telecom networks.
中国网通宽带高速互联网开通，总体水平处于国际电信网前列。
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.
只有当满洲被完全占领且其地位被巩固之时才可能去虑及向西北方向前行。
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.
就新社会阶层出现的原因、新社会阶层在统战工作中的重要地位及如何开展好其统战工作作了论述。

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