新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

lead

英  [liːd]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • leads

    1[SING 单数型名词] 领先地位

    If you have the lead or are in the lead in a race or competition, you are winning.

    双语例句

    例:

    Harvard took the lead and remained unperturbed by the repeated challenges.

    哈佛取得了领先地位,经过再三挑战后仍然镇定自若。

    2[C 可数名词] 领先

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    The American and Japanese navies took the lead in the development of naval aviation.

    美国和日本海军在海军航空的发展方面领先。

    3[C 可数名词] 线索

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.

    调查组正在从公众打来的400个电话中追查可能的线索。。

    4[C 可数名词] 牵狗的皮带 , 牵狗的链子

    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.

    近义词

    leash

    5[C 可数名词] 导线

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    a lead that plugs into a socket on the camcorder.

    一根插到便携式摄影机插孔上的导线。

    6[C 可数名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads.

    来自莫斯科大剧院芭蕾舞团的妮娜·安娜尼雅什维莉和阿历克谢·费德耶切夫跳主角。

    例:

    Neve Campbell is the lead, playing one of the dancers.

    内芙·坎贝尔是主演,扮演其中一个舞者。

    7[U 不可数名词]

    Lead is a soft, grey, heavy metal.

    双语例句

    例:

    drinking water supplied by old-fashioned lead pipes.

    通过老式铅管供应的饮用水。

    8[C 可数名词] 铅笔芯

    The lead in a pencil is the centre part of it which makes a mark on paper.

    双语例句

    例:

    He grabbed a pencil, and the lead immediately broke.

    他抓起一支铅笔,铅笔芯立刻就断了。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • lead up to

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 之前的

    The events that led up to a particular event happened one after the other until that event occurred.

    双语例句

    例:

    Alan Tomlinson has reconstructed the events that led up to the deaths.

    阿伦·汤姆林森再现了死亡事件之前发生的一连串事件。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 逐渐引到(某一个话题)

    If someone leads up to a particular subject, they gradually guide a conversation to a point where they can introduce it.

    双语例句

    例:

    I'm leading up to something quite important.

    我正要说到很重要的事情上。

    VERB. 动词
  • leads , leading , led

    1[T 及物动词] 带领

    If you lead a group of people, you walk or ride in front of them.

    双语例句

    例:

    The president and vice president led the mourners.

    总统和副总统带领着送葬人群。

    例:

    He walks with a stick but still leads his soldiers into battle.

    尽管他拄着拐杖,但他仍带领士兵上战场。

    2[T 及物动词] 引领

    If you lead someone to a particular place or thing, you take them there.

    双语例句

    例:

    He took Dickon by the hand to lead him into the house.

    他拉着迪肯的手领他进了那幢房子。

    例:

    She confessed to the killing and led police to his remains.

    她承认杀了人,并且带警察找到了受害者的遗骸。

    3[I 不及物动词] 通往

    If a road, gate, or door leads somewhere, you can get there by following the road or going through the gate or door.

    双语例句

    例:

    the door that led to the yard.

    通往院子的门。

    例:

    a hallway leading to the living room.

    通往客厅的过道。

    4[I 不及物动词] (在比赛中)领先

    If you are leading at a particular point in a race or competition, you are winning at that point.

    双语例句

    例:

    He's leading in the presidential race.

    他在总统竞选中领先。

    例:

    So far Fischer leads by five wins to two.

    到目前为止,菲舍尔以5:2领先。

    5[T 及物动词] (在某领域)领先

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    In 1920, the United States led the world in iron and steel manufacturing.

    美国的钢铁制造业在1920年领先于世界。

    6[T 及物动词] 领导

    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.

    近义词

    control , manage , direct

    双语例句

    例:

    He led the country between 1949 and 1984.

    他在1949到1984年间领导着这个国家。

    例:

    Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation.

    曼德斯先生当时正领导着一场抵制开发、拯救巴西热带雨林的运动。

    7[T 及物动词] 过…的生活

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    She led a normal, happy life with her sister and brother.

    她和弟弟妹妹过着平常和幸福的生活。

    8[I 不及物动词] 导致(通常为不愉快的情况)

    If something leads to a situation or event, usually an unpleasant one, it begins a process which causes that situation or event to happen.

    近义词

    result in , bring about , give rise to , prompt

    双语例句

    例:

    Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war.

    各共和国之间紧张的民族关系可能导致内战。

    9[T 及物动词] 促使

    If something leads you to do something, it influences or affects you in such a way that you do it.

    双语例句

    例:

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

    他对种族主义的痛恨促使他写了《阿尔及尔汽车旅馆事件》。

    10[T 及物动词] 引导

    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.

    近义词

    bring

    双语例句

    例:

    Well, I think that leads me to the real point.

    嗯,我想这就引向要点了。