5N-SING [oft in/into theN]領先的地位;佔先的位置 If you have the lead or are in the lead in a race or competition, you are winning. 領先的地位;佔先的位置
England took the lead after 31 minutes with a goal by Peter Nail.
英格蘭隊第31分鐘由彼得·奈爾攻進一球,取得領先。
Labour are still in the lead in the opinion polls.
工黨在民意測驗中仍然領先。
SYN first place, winning position, primary position, vanguard
6N-SING 超前量;領先程度 Someone's lead over a competitor at a particular point in a race or competition is the distance, amount of time, or number of points by which they are ahead of them. 超前量;領先程度 [Also + over]
...a commanding lead for the opposition is clearly emerging throughout the country. [+ for]
顯然反對黨已開始在全國佔據一邊倒的領先地位。
His goal gave Forest a two-goal lead against Southampton.
7VERB 在…中領先;勝過;主導 If one company or country leads others in a particular activity such as scientific research or business, it is more successful or advanced than they are in that activity. 在…中領先;勝過;主導
When it comes to pop music we not only lead Europe, we lead the world. [VERB noun]
我們不僅引領歐洲而且引領着全球的流行音樂潮流。
...foodstores such as Marks & Spencer, which led the market in microwaveable meals. [VERB noun + in]
瑪莎百貨等在微波爐食品市場佔主導地位的食品賣場
8VERB 領導;率領;指揮 If you lead a group of people, an organization, or an activity, you are in control or in charge of the people or the activity. 領導;率領;指揮
He led the country between 1949 and 1984. [VERB noun]
1949到1984年間他是該國領導人。
Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation. [VERB noun]
9N-COUNT 先河;榜樣;表率 If you give a lead, you do something new or develop new ideas or methods that other people consider to be a good example or model to follow. 先河;榜樣;表率
...the need for the president to give a moral lead.
需要總統樹立一個道德榜樣
The American and Japanese navies took the lead in the development of naval aviation. [+ in]
美國和日本海軍是發展海軍航空部隊的佼佼者。
Over the next 150 years, many others followed his lead.
11VERB 招致;致使;導致 If something leads to a situation or event, usually an unpleasant one, it begins a process which causes that situation or event to happen. 招致;致使;導致
Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war. [VERB + to]
共和國之間緊張的種族關系可能會引發内戰。
He warned yesterday that a pay rise for teachers would lead to job cuts. [VERB + to]
12VERB 促使;使得;使 If something leads you to do something, it influences or affects you in such a way that you do it. 促使;使得;使
His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
對種族主義的憎恨促使他寫了《阿爾及爾汽車旅館事件》一書。
What was it ultimately that led you to leave Sarajevo for Zagreb? [VERB noun to-infinitive]
最終是什麽讓你離開薩拉熱窩前往薩格勒布的?
13VERB 誘使;誤導 If you say that someone or something led you to think something, you mean that they caused you to think it, although it was not true or did not happen. 誘使;誤導
Mother had led me to believe the new baby was a kind of present for me. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
母親讓我相信新出生的寶寶是給我的一個禮物。
It was not as straightforward as we were led to believe. [beVERB-ed to-infinitive]
14VERB 引導,掌控(談話或討論的内容) If you lead a conversation or discussion, you control the way that it develops so that you can introduce a particular subject. 引導,掌控(談話或討論的内容)
After a while I led the conversation around to her job. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
過了一陣子,我把話題引到她的工作上。
He planned to lead the conversation and keep Matt from changing the subject. [VERB noun]
他計劃控制談話局面,不讓馬特轉換話題。
15VERB (討論或文章中某一觀點或話題)把…帶到,爲…引出(另一觀點或話題) You can say that one point or topic in a discussion or piece of writing leadsyouto another in order to introduce a new point or topic that is linked with the previous one. (討論或文章中某一觀點或話題)把…帶到,爲…引出(另一觀點或話題)
Well, I think that leads me to the real point. [VERB noun + to]
這個嘛,我看這讓我說到正題了。
16N-COUNT 線索;頭緒 A lead is a piece of information or an idea which may help people to discover the facts in a situation where many facts are not known, for example in the investigation of a crime or in a scientific experiment. 線索;頭緒
The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.
17N-COUNT (戲劇、電影等中的)主角;扮演主角的演員The lead in a play, film, or show is the most important part in it. The person who plays this part can also be called the lead. (戲劇、電影等中的)主角;扮演主角的演員
Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads.
18N-COUNT 狗繩;牽狗帶 A dog's lead is a long, thin chain or piece of leather which you attach to the dog's collar so that you can control the dog. 狗繩;牽狗帶 [mainly British]
An older man came out with a little dog on a lead.
19N-COUNT 導線;連接線 A lead in a piece of equipment is a piece of wire covered in plastic which supplies electricity to the equipment or carries it from one part of the equipment to another. 導線;連接線
20N-SING [oft NOUN n](報紙或電視、電台的)要聞,頭條 The lead story or lead in a newspaper or on the television or radio news is the most important story. (報紙或電視、電台的)要聞,頭條
The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian. [+ in]
土耳其局勢將成爲明天《衛報》的頭條。
Cossiga's reaction is the lead story in the Italian press.
科西加的反應成了意大利各大媒體的頭條新聞。
21See also:leading-led. to lead someone astray→see: astray one thing led to another→see: thing to lead the way→see: way