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BEING AHEAD OR TAKING SOMEONE SOMEWHERE 领先；带领某人去某处

1. VERB 在…前面走（或骑）；为…带头
   If you lead a group of people, you walk or ride in front of them.
   1. John Major and the Duke of Edinburgh led the mourners...
      约翰·梅杰和爱丁堡公爵走在送葬队伍前面。
   2. He walks with a stick but still leads his soldiers into battle...
      他虽然拄着拐杖，但依然带领士兵们投入战斗。
   3. Tom was leading, a rifle slung over his back.
      汤姆走在前面，背上挂着一支步枪。
2. VERB 给…引路（或带路）；带…（到某处）
   If you lead someone to a particular place or thing, you take them there.
   1. He took Dickon by the hand to lead him into the house...
      他牵着迪康的手把他领进屋。
   2. She confessed to the killing and led police to his remains...
      她交代人是她杀的，并带警察去他的尸首处。
   3. Leading the horse, Evandar walked to the door.
      伊万德牵着马走到门前。
3. VERB （路或门）通，至，达
   If a road, gate, or door leads somewhere, you can get there by following the road or going through the gate or door.
   1. ...the doors that led to the yard.
      通往院子的大门
   2. ...a short roadway leading to the car park...
      通往停车场的一小段路
   3. Hundreds of people are said to have blocked a main highway leading north.
      据称有数百人堵住了一条往北的主干公路。
4. VERB （在比赛或竞赛中）领先，占先
   If you are leading at a particular point in a race or competition, you are winning at that point.
   1. He's leading in the presidential race...
      他在总统竞选中领先。
   2. So far Fischer leads by five wins to two...
      目前费希尔以5胜2负领先。
   3. Aston Villa last led the League in March 1990.
      阿斯顿维拉队上一次赢得联赛冠军是在1990年3月。
5. N-SING 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.
   1. 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。
   2. Labour are still in the lead in the opinion polls.
      工党在民意测验中仍然领先。
6. N-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.
   1. ...a commanding lead for the opposition is clearly emerging throughout the country...
      显然反对党已开始在全国占据一边倒的领先地位。
   2. His goal gave Forest a two-goal lead against Southampton...
      他的进球使森林队以两球领先南安普敦队。
   3. Sainz now has a lead of 28 points.
      塞恩斯目前领先28分。
7. VERB 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.
   1. When it comes to pop music we not only lead Europe, we lead the world.
      我们不仅引领欧洲而且引领着全球的流行音乐潮流。
   2. ...foodstores such as Marks & Spencer, which led the market in microwaveable meals.
      玛莎百货等在微波炉食品市场占主导地位的食品卖场
8. VERB 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.
   1. He led the country between 1949 and 1984...
      1949到1984年间他是该国领导人。
   2. Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation.
      门德斯先生正领导一场运动，以拯救遭到乱砍滥伐的巴西热带雨林。
9. N-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.
   1. ...the need for the president to give a moral lead...
      需要总统树立一个道德榜样
   2. The American and Japanese navies took the lead in the development of naval aviation...
      美国和日本海军是发展海军航空部队的佼佼者。
   3. Over the next 150 years, many others followed his lead.
      随后150年，许多人效法于他。
10. VERB 过（某种生活）
    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.
    1. She led a normal, happy life with her sister and brother...
       她和弟弟妹妹一起过着平凡而幸福的生活。
    2. Most of the women in here are not people who have led a life of crime.
       这里的女子大多没有犯罪前科。
11. VERB 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.
    1. Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war...
       共和国之间紧张的种族关系可能会引发内战。
    2. He warned yesterday that a pay rise for teachers would lead to job cuts.
       他昨天警告说，给教师们加薪会导致职位的裁减。
12. VERB 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.
    1. His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident...
       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。
    2. What was it ultimately that led you to leave Sarajevo for Zagreb?
       最终是什么让你离开萨拉热窝前往萨格勒布的？
13. VERB 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.
    1. Mother had led me to believe the new baby was a kind of present for me...
       母亲让我相信新出生的宝宝是给我的一个礼物。
    2. It was not as straightforward as we were led to believe.
       这事并非如我们所误以为的那样简单。
14. VERB 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.
    1. After a while I led the conversation around to her job...
       过了一阵子，我把话题引到她的工作上。
    2. He planned to lead the conversation and keep Matt from changing the subject.
       他计划控制谈话局面，不让马特转换话题。
15. VERB （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 leads you to another in order to introduce a new point or topic that is linked with the previous one.
    1. Well, I think that leads me to the real point.
       这个嘛，我看这让我说到正题了。
16. N-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.
    1. The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.
       在接到民众400个热线电话后，调查组亦在对可能的线索进行追踪。
17. N-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.
    1. Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads...
       由莫斯科大剧院芭蕾舞团的尼娜·阿纳尼阿什维利和阿列克谢·法捷耶切夫担纲演出。
    2. The leads are Jack Hawkins and Glynis Johns.
       杰克·霍金斯和格莉妮斯·约翰斯主演。
18. N-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.
    1. An older man came out with a little dog on a lead.
       一个年纪较大的男子牵着一条小狗走了出来。

in AM, use 美国英语用 leash


19. 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.
20. N-SING （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.
    1. The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian...
       土耳其局势将成为明天《卫报》的头条。
    2. 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。
21. See also: leading -led. to lead someone astray

SUBSTANCES 物质

1. N-UNCOUNT 铅
   Lead is a soft, grey, heavy metal.
   1. ...drinking water supplied by old-fashioned lead pipes.
      由老式铅管输送的饮用水
2. N-UNCOUNT 枪弹；子弹；枪子儿
   Lead is sometimes used to refer to bullets.
   1. Eventually Bogart pumps him full of lead.
      最后博加特开枪扫射，把他打成了马蜂窝。
3. （铅笔的）笔芯
   The lead in a pencil is the centre part of it which makes a mark on paper.

1. Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration
   过量使用那些药物再加上饮食缺乏营养，导致健康状况恶化。
2. The minister criticised the police for failing to come up with any leads
   部长批评警方没能找到任何线索。
3. A natural timber deck leads into the main room of the home.
   有一个天然的木制平台通到房子的客厅。
4. A clearly defined track now leads down to the valley
   眼前有一条清晰可辨的小径通向山谷。
5. This leads to calcium deposition in the blood-vessels.
   这导致钙在血管中沉积。
6. A marble entrance hall leads to a sitting room.
   大理石门厅通往起居室。
7. Poverty leads to slums, which are an eyesore and a health hazard.
   贫困产生了贫民窟，那里不仅有碍观瞻，而且卫生隐患严重。
8. A narrow steep path leads down into a valley and up the far side.
   一条狭窄陡峭的小径向下伸进山谷，又从山谷的那一边向上延伸。
9. State security police are following up several leads
   国家安全警察正在追查几条线索。
10. Who leads Canada is also of some import to the rest of the world
    谁领导加拿大对世界来讲也具有一定的重要性。
11. He walks with a stick but still leads his soldiers into battle
    他虽然拄着拐杖，但依然带领士兵们投入战斗。
12. Well, I think that leads me to the real point.
    这个嘛，我看这让我说到正题了。
13. The inquiry team is also following up possible leads after receiving 400 calls from the public.
    在接到民众400个热线电话后，调查组亦在对可能的线索进行追踪。
14. Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev from the Bolshoi Ballet dance the leads
    由莫斯科大剧院芭蕾舞团的尼娜·阿纳尼阿什维利和阿列克谢·法捷耶切夫担纲演出。
15. The leads are Jack Hawkins and Glynis Johns.
    杰克·霍金斯和格莉妮斯·约翰斯主演。
16. A study of yoga leads naturally to meditation.
    学习瑜伽自然会发展到进行冥想。
17. Sometimes a bit of selfishness, if it leads to greater self-knowledge, is no bad thing
    如果能唤起更多自知之明，有时候一点点自私并非坏事。
18. The Princess's sitting-room leads off the drawing room
    王妃的起居室挨着客厅。
19. What monstrous perversion of the human spirit leads a sniper to open fire on a bus carrying children?
    是何等可怕的心理扭曲会导致狙击手向载满儿童的公共汽车开火？
20. Unemployment leads to a sense of uselessness, to say nothing of financial problems.
    失业会让人觉得自己一无是处，更何况还会带来经济问题。
21. Simply scaling up a size 10 garment often leads to disaster
    只是将10号衣服改大的话结果往往会很不理想。
22. A flight of stone steps leads to the terrace.
    一段石阶通向露台。
23. The door on the left, upon entering the church, leads to the Crypt of St Issac
    一进教堂左边的那扇门通往圣以撒墓。
24. Perseverance leads to success.
    有恒心就能胜利。
25. This horse leads easily.
    这匹马很好牵。
26. The expressway goes [ leads] straight to Shenyang.
    这条高速公路直通沈阳。