frontal

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front·al /ˈfrʌntl/ adjectiveadj [only before noun] formal

1 FRONTat or relating to the front part of something 前面的，正面的

the frontal armour of the new tanks

新型坦克的正面装甲

2 frontal attack/assault formal

a) a direct attack on the front of an army 正面攻击

The minefields make an all-out frontal attack impossible.

雷区使得正面的全力进攻无法展开。

b) an attack or criticism that is very strong and direct 正面攻击[批评]

After the election, the party launched into a frontal assault on the British media.

大选过后，该党派开始正面抨击英国媒体。

Examples from the Corpus

frontal attack/assault• Efforts should then be entirely concentrated on the frontal attack.• Gorbad, still weak from the wound suffered at Grunberg, was unprepared for a frontal assault.• They are a frontal assault of the Devil not only upon believers but on human beings everywhere.• But the frontal assault on Cobdenite assumptions was the challenge to free trade itself.• The congress went further, straying close to a frontal attack on the ruling party.• A full frontal assault right in the snout.• If we were fit, a frontal assault would be suicide.

3 medical relating to the front part of the head 前额的

the frontal lobes of the brain

大脑额叶

→ full frontal

Examples from the Corpus

frontal• A full frontal assault right in the snout.• Washington is launching a frontal attack on the enemy.• a frontal collision• The frontal hood of the plasma gun was gilded with safety runes.• A tumor had formed in the right frontal lobe of his brain.• Small strokes of frontal lobe seldom come to the attention of neurologists.• Even in his haste he noted subtle distinctions of taste between cerebellum and cortex, between frontal lobes and limbic system.• That seems to activate the cerebral cortex in the parietal lobes more than in the frontal lobes.• This is implied by the dyspraxia that sometimes occurs in frontal or parietal lobe disease in the absence of paralysis.

frontal lobes• George tells the story of a patient named Tom with a large tumor pressing on the inner sides of both frontal lobes.• That seems to activate the cerebral cortex in the parietal lobes more than in the frontal lobes.• The neurologists talk about an accountant with a large tumor involving the base of his frontal lobes.• Both schizophrenia and mood disorders show evidence of decreased activity in frontal lobes and abnormal function of the system for directed attention.• Even in his haste he noted subtle distinctions of taste between cerebellum and cortex, between frontal lobes and limbic system.• And for a long time, we thought that both frontal lobes had to be damaged before any symptoms occurred.• In the other effective operation, some white matter at the base of the frontal lobes is destroyed instead.• Or is he up in his frontal lobes, which he uses for speculating and worrying and planning?

front·al adjectiveadj

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