leading
- adj. 领导的;主要的
- n. 领导;铅板;行距
- v. 领导(lead的ing形式)
中文词源
比喻用法。
英英释意
- 1. thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- 2. the activity of leading;
- "his leadership inspired the team"
英文词源
- leading (n.1)
- "lead work; lead covering or frame of lead," mid-15c., from lead (n.1).
- leading (n.2)
- mid-13c., "a bringing by force," from present participle of lead (v.1). Meaning "direction, guidance" is from late 14c. As an adjective, "directing, guiding."
同义词辨析
chief, principal, main, major, leading, capital, foremost, primary
这些形容词均含有"首要的,主要的"之意。
chief: 指人时,表同类中职位最高,权力最大;指物时,表同类中最重要,价值最高。
principal: 用于人时,指地位优于其他人;用于物时,指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
main: 通常只用于物。指在一定范围内,某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
major: 指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较,显得更加重要和突出。
leading: 侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
capital: 着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
foremost: 侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
primary: 通常不用于人。用于物时,指在重要性方面占第一位。
考试真题
- Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy(破产)protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- His firm was leading America towards "a new economic order", the magazine wrote
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- Because Harlow Curtice's firm was leading America in creating "a new economic order", he was named by Time magazine asMan of the Year in 1955.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- ZEH communities are the leading edge of technologies that might someday create houses that produce as much energy as they consume
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- They are two leading characters in the film.
出自-2012年12月听力原文
- "Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small proportion of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume," said mintel analyst Jack Duckett.
2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
- Food-import anxiety is even leading to new efforts by food-importing countries to buy or lease farmland in other countries.
2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
- He is now a leading surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical School.
2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
- his mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, lay down some rules.
2015年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
- In fact, the more information flows throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between "information haves" and "information have-nots", leading to digital divide .
2015年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
- She stated, we are leading the way on workforce planning.
2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
- The trend began in 2007, when leading wheat-exporting countries such as Russia and Argentina limited or banned their exports, in hopes of increasing local food supplies and thereby bringing down domestic food prices.
2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
- This, in turn, has a major effect on their diet, leading scientists to speculate that the ability to learn population-specific hunting methods could be driving the animals' genetic development.
2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
- billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year - making forests the leading source of greenhouse gases.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- carbon emissions are the leading cause of current global warming
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- the world's leading libraries
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- Business leadership means that managers need to "put first things first," which implies that before leading others, you need to be clear on your own values, abilities, and strengths and be seen as trustworthy
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- They have lost their leading position in many ways.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
- I think they do better academically and you can measure that very crudely from the examination results,I also think they do better academically because they have more opportunities to take the leading role in discussions and in managerial responsibilities.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- A new effort led by Canoe Ventures, a coalition of leading cable providers, aims to make interactive advertising available across America later this year.
2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
- Among large traditional retailers, Walmart recently reported the best results, leading its stock price to surge, while Macy's, Target; and Nordstrom's dropped.
2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
- In a survey of 54 of the world's leading brands, almost all of them reported that consumers are showing increasing care about sustainable lifestyles.
2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
- It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions, often quickly and brutally .
2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
- nine decades ago, leading economists predicted that technological advances and rising productivity would mean that would be working a 15-hour week.
2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
- Now, Africa's largest economy is facing a food crisis as major tomato fields have been destroyed by an insect, leading to a nationwide shortage and escalating prices.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
- Protein supplements may overburden some internal organ, thus leading to its malfunctioning.
2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
- Students at university also meet those likely to be in leading jobs in the future, forming contacts for life.
2016年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
- The board game Go(围棋) took over from chess as a new test for human thinking in 2016, when a computer beat one of the world's leading professional Go players.
2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
- The insect, Tutaabsoluta, has destroyed 80% of farms in Kaduna, Nigeria's largest tomato-producing state, leading the government there to declare a state of emergency.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
- The problem is "decision fatigue, '' a psychological phenomenon that takes a toll on the quality of your choices after a long day of decision making, says Evan Polman, a leading psychologist.
2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
- Whatever your talents, it is extraordinarily difficult to get a leading job in most fields without having been to university.
2016年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
- Yet Walmart's year-over-year online sales only grew 7 percent, leading its CEO to lament, "Growth here is too slow."
2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
- California, it should be noted, isn't leading the way here.
2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Climate change will fuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas, while reducing it in other spots, leading to changes in the ocean's appearance.
2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- David Dominoni, of Glasgow university, said that light from street lamps, takeaway signs and homes is affecting the birds' biological clocks, leading to them being wide awake when they should be asleep.
2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- For hill, it is impossible not to talk about China as the leading player when discussing fashion.
2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- In recent years some Inuit people in Nunavut have reported increases in bear sightings around human settlements, leading to a belief that populations are increasing.
2019年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文
- In the months leading up to the 2016 Oregon Repertory Singers Christmas Concert, Naomi told the director she had a special one in mind: "melancholy flower".
2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- It is the leading theatre in London.
2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 选项
- James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers.
2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- Research shows that giving up driving is one of the key reasons for a fall in health and well-being among older people, leading to them becoming more isolated隔绝 and inactive.
2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- Scientists have responded by noting that hungry bears may be congregating聚集 around human settlements, leading to the illusion错觉 that populations are higher than they actually are.
2019年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文
- The introduction to the leading roles.
2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项
- The numbers might sound small, but they are the leading edge of a dangerous trend.
2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
- The publication of great expectations, which was both widely reviewed and highly praised, strengthened Dickens, status as a leading novelist.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文
- This evening, as on every thursday night, psychologist maud lehanne is leading two of France's favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the "talking cure".
2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- When entering the house, the customer would see the pacific ocean through the windows, and then the pool through an open stairway leading to the lower level.
2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- But Dr Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big picture was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with.
2013年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ
- California is leading the way, as it does on so many climate efforts, in figuring out the details.
2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Deepmind is one of the leading artificial intelligence companies in the world.
2018年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- However, many leading American universities want their undergraduates to have a grounding in the basic canon of ideas that every educated person should possess.
2011年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Leading doctors today weigh in on the debate over the government's role in promoting public health by demanding that ministers impose "fat taxes" on unhealthy food and introduce cigarette-style warnings to children about the dangers of a poor diet.
2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Most leading retailers have already tried e-commerce, with limited success, and expansion abroad.
2010年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Over the past decade, the focus has been on climate change——how the warming of the Earth from greenhouse gases is leading to conditions that worsen fires.
2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Science and technology would cure all the ills of humanity, leading to lives of fulfillment and opportunity for all.
2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- The Romantics commemorated the leading painters and authors of their day, stressing the uniqueness of the artist's personal experience rather than public glory.
2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- Unfortunately, despite 2.5 years in the making, "The Heart of the Matter" never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.
2014年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
- with the gap between the church's teachings and ways of thinking being eclipsed by the Renaissance, the gap between the medieval and modern periods had been bridged, leading to new and unexplored intellectual territories.
2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- leading experts
- 最杰出的专家
牛津词典
- She was offered the leading role in the new TV series.
- 她获得主演那部新的电视连续剧的机会。
牛津词典
- He played a leading part in the negotiations.
- 他在谈判中起到了至关重要的作用。
牛津词典
- She started the last lap just behind the leading group.
- 她开始跑最后一圈时紧跟在领先的一组人后面。
牛津词典
- These are the leading first-round scores.
- 这些是第一轮比赛的领先成绩。
牛津词典
- leading experts
- 最杰出的专家
牛津词典
- She was offered the leading role in the new TV series.
- 她获得主演那部新的电视连续剧的机会。
牛津词典
- He played a leading part in the negotiations.
- 他在谈判中起到了至关重要的作用。
牛津词典
- She started the last lap just behind the leading group.
- 她开始跑最后一圈时紧跟在领先的一组人后面。
牛津词典
- These are the leading first-round scores.
- 这些是第一轮比赛的领先成绩。
牛津词典
- ...a leading member of Bristol's Sikh community...
- 布里斯托尔锡克教社群一位出类拔萃的成员
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Britain's future as a leading industrial nation depends on investment.
- 作为一个主要工业国英国的未来要倚赖投资。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He's a leading light of the business.
- 他是那个商行的主脑.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He believes that unemployment is socially divisive and is leading to the creation of an underclass.
- 他认为失业会造成社会分化,道致贫困阶层的产生.
《简明英汉词典》
- In the months leading up to the great ceremony, many people took part in the preparations.
- 临近盛典的几个月里, 许多人参加了准备工作.
《简明英汉词典》
- It's necessary for leading cadres to keep frequent contacts with the masses.
- 领导应和群众经常见面.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He writes leading articles for the newspaper.
- 他为报纸写社论.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The catastrophe of a tragedy usually brings death or ruin to the leading character.
- 悲剧的结局常常是主角死亡或毁灭.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- That's just what I am leading up to.
- 那正是我就要说到的一点.
《简明英汉词典》
- The leading player is ill. Let his understudy to appear on the scene.
- 主角演员病了, 让他的替角出场.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The ladies had their hair sculpted by the leading coiffeur of the day.
- 女士们的发型都是当代有名的理发师做的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Heading away from the mountains, I soon found an easier path leading downhill to the village.
- 我背着山走了不久,就发现了一条通往该村比较平坦的下山小路.
《简明英汉词典》
- They are now leading a very happy life.
- 他们现在过着幸福的生活.
《用法词典》
- The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
- 那位主要舞蹈演员简直是美的化身.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Brooks was abreast with the leading runner for a few minutes but then fell behind.
- 布鲁克斯赶上领先的赛跑运动员好几分钟,可是后来落后了.
《简明英汉词典》
- a leading supplier of computers in the UK
- 英国一家主要电脑供应商
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》