foreground

1. N-VAR Theforeground of a picture or scene you are looking at is the part or area of it that appears nearest to you. (圖畫、場景等的) 前景

He is the bowler-hatted figure in the foreground of Orpen's famous painting. 他就是奧彭名畫的前景中那個戴圓頂禮帽的人物。

2. N-SING If something or someone is in the foreground, or comes to the foreground, they receive a lot of attention. 關注重心

This is another worry that has come to the foreground in recent years. 這是近年來已變成關注重心的又一件令人擔憂的事。