(also avant garde, avantgarde); French, literally "advance guard" (see avant + guard (n.)). Used in English 15c.-18c. in a literal, military sense; borrowed again 1910 as an artistic term for "pioneers or innovators of a particular period." Also used around the same time in communist and anarchist publications. As an adjective, by 1925.
The avant-garde générale, avant-garde stratégique, or avant-garde d'armée is a strong force (one, two, or three army corps) pushed out a day's march to the front, immediately behind the cavalry screen. Its mission is, vigorously to engage the enemy wherever he is found, and, by binding him, to ensure liberty of action in time and space for the main army. ["Sadowa," Gen. Henri Bonnal, transl. C.F. Atkinson, 1907]
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1. Et est - ce qu'on se vide le coeur avant de finir?
演出快将结束的时候,大家是不是有点失望的感觉 呢 ?
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2. Aidez - la afin qu'elle finisse ce travail avant ce soir.
为了在今晚之前完成这项工作,请帮帮她.
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3. N'entrez pas dans la pi è ce avant que l'enfant ne se r é veille.
在孩子醒来之前,请你们不要进屋子.
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4. In my works, I've been trying to realize avant - guard architectural forms.
我后来做作品一直是如何在建筑里搞前卫建筑.
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5. The avant - couriers have already started, and the majority will follow soon.
