lead

1. V-T If you lead a group of people, you walk or ride in front of them. 帶領(lǐng)

The president and vice president led the mourners. 總統(tǒng)和副總統(tǒng)帶領(lǐng)著送葬人群。

He walks with a stick but still leads his soldiers into battle. 盡管他拄著拐杖，但他仍帶領(lǐng)士兵上戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)。

2. V-T If you lead someone to a particular place or thing, you take them there. 引領(lǐng)

He took Dickon by the hand to lead him into the house. 他拉著迪肯的手領(lǐng)他進(jìn)了那幢房子。

She confessed to the killing and led police to his remains. 她承認(rèn)殺了人，并且?guī)Ь煺业搅怂倪z骸。

3. V-I If a road, gate, or door leads somewhere, you can get there by following the road or going through the gate or door. 通往

...the door that led to the garden. …通往院子的門。

...a hallway leading to the living room. …通往客廳的過(guò)道。

4. V-I If you are leading at a particular point in a race or competition, you are winning at that point. (在比賽中) 領(lǐng)先

He's leading in the presidential race. 他在總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選中領(lǐng)先。

So far Fischer leads by five wins to two. 到目前為止，菲舍爾以５:２領(lǐng)先。

5. N-SING If you have the lead or are in the lead in a race or competition, you are winning. 領(lǐng)先地位

Harvard took the lead and remained unperturbed by the repeated challenges. 哈佛取得了領(lǐng)先地位，經(jīng)過(guò)再三挑戰(zhàn)后仍然鎮(zhèn)定自若。

6. V-T 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. (在某領(lǐng)域) 領(lǐng)先

In 1920, the United States led the world in iron and steel manufacturing. 美國(guó)的鋼鐵制造業(yè)在1920年領(lǐng)先于世界。

7. V-T 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(lǐng)導(dǎo)

He led the country between 1949 and 1984. 他在1949到1984年間領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著這個(gè)國(guó)家。

8. N-COUNT If you take the lead, you do something new or develop new ideas or methods that other people consider to be a good example or model to follow. 領(lǐng)先

The American and Japanese navies took the lead in the development of naval aviation. 美國(guó)和日本海軍在海軍航空的發(fā)展方面領(lǐng)先。

9. V-T You can use lead when you are saying what kind of life someone has. For example, if you lead a busy life, your life is busy. 過(guò)…的生活

She led a normal, happy life with her sister and brother. 她和弟弟妹妹過(guò)著平常和幸福的生活。

10. V-I If something leads to a situation or event, usually an unpleasant one, it begins a process which causes that situation or event to happen. 導(dǎo)致 (通常為不愉快的情況)

Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war. 各共和國(guó)之間緊張的民族關(guān)系可能導(dǎo)致內(nèi)戰(zhàn)。

11. V-T If something leads you to do something, it influences or affects you in such a way that you do it. 促使

His abhorrence of racism led him to write "The Algiers Motel Incident."

他對(duì)種族主義的痛恨促使他寫了《阿爾及爾汽車旅館事件》。

12. V-T You can say that one point or topic in a discussion or piece of writing leads you to another in order to introduce a new point or topic that is linked with the previous one. 引導(dǎo)

Well, I think that leads me to the real point. 嗯，我想這把我引向要點(diǎn)。

13. N-COUNT 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

The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public. 調(diào)查組正在接到的400個(gè)公眾電話中追蹤可能的線索。

14. N-COUNT 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. 牽狗的皮帶; 牽狗的鏈子[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

All dogs in public places should be on a lead. 所有的狗在公共場(chǎng)所必須拴上鏈子。

15. N-COUNT 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(dǎo)線

...a lead that plugs into a socket on the camcorder. …一根插到便攜式攝影機(jī)插孔上的導(dǎo)線。

16. N-COUNT Thelead 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. 主角; 扮演主角的演員

Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads. 來(lái)自莫斯科大劇院芭蕾舞團(tuán)的妮娜·安娜尼雅什維莉和阿歷克謝·費(fèi)德耶切夫擔(dān)任主角。

Neve Campbell is the lead, playing one of the dancers. 內(nèi)芙·坎貝爾是主演，扮演其中一個(gè)舞蹈者。

17. →see also leading

18. to lead someone astray→see astray

19. to lead the way→see way

N-COUNT

1. N-UNCOUNT Lead is a soft, grey, heavy metal. 鉛

...drinking water supplied by old-fashioned lead pipes. …通過(guò)老式鉛管供應(yīng)的飲用水。

2. N-COUNT The lead in a pencil is the centre part of it which makes a mark on paper. 鉛筆芯

He grabbed a pencil, and the lead immediately broke. 他抓起一支鉛筆，鉛筆芯立刻就斷了。

3. V to fill or treat with lead 填鉛的; 用鉛處理的