leading ar·ti·cle /ˌliːdɪŋ ˈɑːtɪkəl $ -ˈɑːr-/ noun [countableC]
British EnglishBrETCN a piece of writing in a newspaper giving the paper’s opinion on a subject 〔报纸的〕评论文章,社论SYN editorial
Examples from the Corpus
leading article• Its leading article reminded me of Commander Courtney's warnings.• Then came the news that the Daily Mail compositors had refused to set an offending leading article.