1ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ]开诚布公的;公开的;坦率的 If you are up front about something, you act openly or publicly so that people know what you are doing or what you believe. 开诚布公的;公开的;坦率的 [informal]
You can't help being biased so you may as well be up front about it. [+ about]
你难免会有偏见,倒不如干脆坦然承认。
They tended to have a much more up-front attitude.
他们倾向于采取更为坦率的态度。
2ADV [ADVERB after verb]预付地;先期支付地 If a payment is made up front, it is made in advance and openly, so that the person being paid can see that the money is there. 预付地;先期支付地
For the first time the government's actually put some money up front.
政府居然预付了一笔钱,这可是有史以来第一次。
Some companies charge a fee up front, but we don't think that's right.