in+front+of是指某個(gè)物體外部的前面，比如門口前面的超市，就可以用這個(gè)短語來表示“在……前面”，而in+the+front+of是指某個(gè)物體內(nèi)部的前面，比如教室中的前排。

It's there, right in front of you!

在那兒，就在你前面！

There's a bus stop in front of the house.

房子前面有一個(gè)公共汽車站。

We had our picture taken in front of the hotel.

我們?cè)诼灭^前照了相。

They ate everything that was set in front of them.

他們把放在面前的東西都吃光了。

I made a complete fool of myself in front of everyone!

我當(dāng)眾出了大丑了！

Write your name in the front of the book.

在前面的書頁(yè)寫上你的名字。

She was standing in the front of the queue.

她站在隊(duì)伍的前端。

Don't put the longest flowers in the front of the bouquet.

不要把最長(zhǎng)的花放在花束的靠前位置。

There is a table of contents in the front of a dictionary.

詞典的開頭有目錄表。

Britain is no longer in the front rank of world powers.

英國(guó)再也不是位于前列的世界強(qiáng)國(guó)。