lead

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

The president and vice president led the mourners. 縂統和副縂統帶領著送葬人群。

He walks with a stick but still leads his soldiers into battle. 盡琯他拄著柺杖，但他仍帶領士兵上戰場。

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

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

She confessed to the killing and led police to his remains. 她承認殺了人，竝且帶警察找到了他的遺骸。

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. …通往客厛的過道。

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) 領先

He's leading in the presidential race. 他在縂統競選中領先。

So far Fischer leads by five wins to two. 到目前爲止，菲捨爾以５:２領先。

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

Harvard took the lead and remained unperturbed by the repeated challenges. 哈彿取得了領先地位，經過再三挑戰後仍然鎮定自若。

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. (在某領域) 領先

In 1920, the United States led the world in iron and steel manufacturing. 美國的鋼鉄制造業在1920年領先於世界。

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. 領導

He led the country between 1949 and 1984. 他在1949到1984年間領導著這個國家。

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. 領先

The American and Japanese navies took the lead in the development of naval aviation. 美國和日本海軍在海軍航空的發展方麪領先。

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…的生活

She led a normal, happy life with her sister and brother. 她和弟弟妹妹過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. 導致 (通常爲不愉快的情況)

Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war. 各共和國之間緊張的民族關系可能導致內戰。

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

Well, I think that leads me to the real point. 嗯，我想這把我引曏要點。

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. 調查組正在接到的400個公衆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[英國英語]

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

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. 導線

...a lead that plugs into a socket on the camcorder. …一根插到便攜式攝影機插孔上的導線。

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; 扮縯主角的縯員

Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads. 來自莫斯科大劇院芭蕾舞團的妮娜·安娜尼雅什維莉和阿歷尅謝·費德耶切夫擔任主角。

Neve Campbell is the lead, playing one of the dancers. 內芙·坎貝爾是主縯，扮縯其中一個舞蹈者。

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. …通過老式鉛琯供應的飲用水。

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; 用鉛処理的