up-front

It takes courage to trust that concrete feedback along the way is better than trying to know everything up front.

相信开发过程中的具体反馈比预先知道每件事更有价值，需要一定的勇气。

"Mr. Chairman, " he said quietly, "the captain needs to see you up front. Two planes have flown into the World Trade Center. "

“主席先生，”他低声说道，“机长要在前头见您。两架飞机撞了世贸中心。”

All that against a Modena side who were intent on making life particularly hard, closing down the gaps and denying space up front.

摩德纳一直试图缩小差距，压缩尤文的前场空间。而尤文球员的默契配合是对他们最好的回应。

For big enterprise, the lowered cost of IT would make up for the greater up-front subscription fee.

对于大企业来说，降低的IT成本抵消了更高的最初使用费。

There are worries not only about how much these measures cost up front but their longer-term effects on government finances.

不仅是关于这些激励举措的先期成本几多，而且关于这些举措给各国财政带来的较长期效果如何也都存在着忧虑。

And I guess I should just tell you up front that playing shows on this tour is the best time I've ever had onstage.

我想我应该提前告知你们，在这次的巡演中为大家演唱是我在舞台上的最美好的时光。

I know it's trite to say it, but it's so easy to get off the path to a good plan if you don't have the goals clearly defined up front.

我知道这样说有点老套，但如果您还没有清晰地定义前方的目标，那么可以非常轻松地开辟出通往一项良好计划的道路。

So you put that up front so that, if it fails, at least you know you don't have to reset the whole thing.

所以你才把它放在最前面，即使它出错了，至少你知道你不需要全部返工。

I felt much more comfortable trying ideas and seeing where they lead rather than trying to think everything out up front.

我可以尝试我的想法并看看效果如何，而不是预先想好所有事情，这让我感觉自在得多。

I'm delighted to have been starting up front and I've put in a few decent performances.

我很高兴能得到首发机会，自己也打出了不错的比赛。

Chelsea continued to threaten, with Drogba looking lively up front, and a breakthrough looked increasingly likely.

切尔西继续威胁，德罗巴在前面看起来很活跃，看来一个突破很快就会出现了。

Now formation wise it's not so much of a problem as we only play with one up front now anyway, but it's still a little step backwards.

对于如今的阵型来说，这还不是个大问题，因为我们打的是单前锋，但是这样看起来我们还是在板凳厚度上有些退步。

I said to my mother, "You were going to say something about being up-front. "

我对母亲说：“你得谈谈怎么做到坦率。”

This is a good place to explain that you require a deposit up front, and how much of a deposit you require.

说明你需要事先存款的理由，和你需要存款的数额。

Thierry Henry was isolated up front for France throughout the tournament, and he never really got the support he deserved.

在整个世界杯赛事中，亨利一直被孤立在前场，在法国队他从来没有真正得到他应该得到的支持。

Therefore, make sure production (and any subcontracting) responsibilities are understood up front to avoid this sort of surprise.

因此，请确保生产责任（以及转包）事先都已经清楚了，以免到时候再遇见这种令人惊讶的事情。

because he is prepared to put in a shift up front on his own against some of the best - and toughest - defenders in the world.

因为他一直准备在一些最好的以及最坚韧的防守面前给自己的进攻加速？（意思是展现出更强的冲击力？）

Government customers want to know up-front how much a system will cost.

政府客户想预先知道系统将耗资多少

Since the Web site is likely to expand and change over time, we need to expend some effort up front to make the site easy to maintain.

因为Web网站将会随着时间而扩展和改变，我们需要预先做一些工作以使这个网站容易维护。

Now, can I predict up front how much money you're going to spend?

现在，我能够预言您将花费多少资金了么？