5N-SING [oft in/into theN]领先的地位;占先的位置 If you have the lead or are in the lead in a race or competition, you are winning. 领先的地位;占先的位置
England took the lead after 31 minutes with a goal by Peter Nail.
英格兰队第31分钟由彼得·奈尔攻进一球,取得领先。
Labour are still in the lead in the opinion polls.
工党在民意测验中仍然领先。
SYN first place, winning position, primary position, vanguard
6N-SING 超前量;领先程度 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;领先程度 [Also + over]
...a commanding lead for the opposition is clearly emerging throughout the country. [+ for]
显然反对党已开始在全国占据一边倒的领先地位。
His goal gave Forest a two-goal lead against Southampton.
7VERB 在…中领先;胜过;主导 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…中领先;胜过;主导
When it comes to pop music we not only lead Europe, we lead the world. [VERB noun]
我们不仅引领欧洲而且引领着全球的流行音乐潮流。
...foodstores such as Marks & Spencer, which led the market in microwaveable meals. [VERB noun + in]
玛莎百货等在微波炉食品市场占主导地位的食品卖场
8VERB 领导;率领;指挥 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. 领导;率领;指挥
He led the country between 1949 and 1984. [VERB noun]
1949到1984年间他是该国领导人。
Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation. [VERB noun]
9N-COUNT 先河;榜样;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;榜样;表率
...the need for the president to give a moral lead.
需要总统树立一个道德榜样
The American and Japanese navies took the lead in the development of naval aviation. [+ in]
美国和日本海军是发展海军航空部队的佼佼者。
Over the next 150 years, many others followed his lead.
11VERB 招致;致使;导致 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;导致
Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war. [VERB + to]
共和国之间紧张的种族关系可能会引发内战。
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]
对种族主义的憎恨促使他写了《阿尔及尔汽车旅馆事件》一书。
What was it ultimately that led you to leave Sarajevo for Zagreb? [VERB noun to-infinitive]
最终是什么让你离开萨拉热窝前往萨格勒布的?
13VERB 诱使;误导 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. 诱使;误导
Mother had led me to believe the new baby was a kind of present for me. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
母亲让我相信新出生的宝宝是给我的一个礼物。
It was not as straightforward as we were led to believe. [beVERB-ed to-infinitive]
14VERB 引导,掌控(谈话或讨论的内容) If you lead a conversation or discussion, you control the way that it develops so that you can introduce a particular subject. 引导,掌控(谈话或讨论的内容)
After a while I led the conversation around to her job. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
过了一阵子,我把话题引到她的工作上。
He planned to lead the conversation and keep Matt from changing the subject. [VERB noun]
他计划控制谈话局面,不让马特转换话题。
15VERB (讨论或文章中某一观点或话题)把…带到,为…引出(另一观点或话题) 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. (讨论或文章中某一观点或话题)把…带到,为…引出(另一观点或话题)
Well, I think that leads me to the real point. [VERB noun + to]
这个嘛,我看这让我说到正题了。
16N-COUNT 线索;头绪 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. 线索;头绪
The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.
17N-COUNT (戏剧、电影等中的)主角;扮演主角的演员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. (戏剧、电影等中的)主角;扮演主角的演员
Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads.
18N-COUNT 狗绳;牵狗带 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. 狗绳;牵狗带 [mainly British]
An older man came out with a little dog on a lead.
19N-COUNT 导线;连接线 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. 导线;连接线
20N-SING [oft NOUN n](报纸或电视、电台的)要闻,头条 The lead story or lead in a newspaper or on the television or radio news is the most important story. (报纸或电视、电台的)要闻,头条
The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian. [+ in]
土耳其局势将成为明天《卫报》的头条。
Cossiga's reaction is the lead story in the Italian press.
科西加的反应成了意大利各大媒体的头条新闻。
21See also:leading-led. to lead someone astray→see: astray one thing led to another→see: thing to lead the way→see: way