- cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward带领（人）前进, 牵着（动物）前进：
she emerged leading a bay horse.
她牵着一匹栗色马出现了。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction show (someone or something) the way to a destination by going in front of or beside them给 …带路：
she stood up and led her friend to the door.
她起身把朋友带到门口。
- be a reason or motive for (someone)促使, 让：
nothing that I have read about the case leads me to the conclusion that anything untoward happened
从关于此案的资料中我没有看到任何迹象能让我得出发生了令人不快的意外之事的结论
with obj. and infinitive a fascination for art led him to start a collection of paintings.对艺术的迷恋促使他收藏画作。
- no obj., with adverbial of direction be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction通往, 指向：
a door leading to a better-lit corridor.
通往光线更好的走廊的门。
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lead to
culminate in (a particular event)导致（某种情况）： closing the plant will lead to 300 job losses.
关闭工厂将导致300人失业。
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lead on to
form a stage in a process which leads probably or inevitably to (a particular end)引导（到某一结果）： his work on digestion led on to study of proteins and fats.
对消化的研究引导他从事蛋白质和脂肪的研究。
lead something through
cause a liquid or easily moving matter to pass through (a channel)使液体（或流质）通过（水道）。
- be in charge or command of带领, 率领：
a military delegation was led by the Chief of Staff.
军事代表团由参谋长率领。
- organize and direct组织, 指导：
the conference included sessions led by people with personal knowledge of the area.
会议包括由对该领域有切身了解的人主持的讨论。
- set (a process) in motion带动, 导向：
they are waiting for an expansion of world trade to lead a recovery.
他们期待世界贸易扩大, 从而带来经济复苏。
- be the principal player of (a group of musicians)为（乐队）领奏：
since the forties he has led his own big bands.
40年代起, 他就担任自己的大乐队的领奏。
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lead with
assign the most important position to (a particular news item)以头条报道（新闻）： the radio news led with the murder.
广播把该谋杀案作为头条新闻。
- be superior to (competitors or colleagues)领先于（竞争者, 同事）：
there will be specific areas or skills in which other nations lead the world.
将会出现某些由其他国家执牛耳的特定领域或技术。
- have the first place in (a competition); be ahead of (competitors)（竞赛中）领先, 领先于（竞争者）：
the Wantage jockey was leading the field.
旺蒂奇的骑师领先于其他赛马。
- no obj. have the advantage in a race or game（比赛, 游戏）保持优势：
with complement he followed up with a break of 105 to lead 3-0.他接下来连得105点, 以3比0领先。
- have or experience (a particular way of life)过（特定生活）：
she's led a completely sheltered life.
她过着一种完全受庇护的生活。
- initiate (action in a game or contest), in particular开始（游戏, 比赛）, 尤指：
- (in card games) play (the first card) in a trick or round of play（牌戏）出第一张牌。
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lead with
Boxing make an attack with (a particular punch or fist)【拳击】（以某种方式）出拳： Adam led with a left.
亚当打出一记左拳。
- the initiative in an action; an example for others to follow表率, 榜样：
Britain is now taking the environmental lead.
英国现在是环保的榜样。
- a clue to be followed in the resolution of a problem线索：
detectives investigating the murder are chasing new leads.
调查该谋杀案的侦探正在查找新线索。
- (in card games) an act or right of playing first in a trick or round of play（牌戏）率先出牌：
it's your lead.
该你先出牌。
- the card played first in a trick or round首张出牌。
the lead
a position of advantage in a contest; first place（竞赛）优势, 领先地位; 第一：they were beaten 5-3 after twice being in the lead.
两次领先之后, 他们以3比5失利。
- an amount by which a competitor is ahead of the others领先（以数量表示）：
the team held a slender one-goal lead.
该队以一球的微弱优势领先。
- the chief part in a play or film（戏剧, 电影）主要角色：
she had the lead in a new film
她主演一部新电影
as modifier the lead role.主角。
- the person playing the chief part担任主要角色的演员：
he still looked like a romantic lead.
他看上去仍然像一个传奇式的主角扮演者。
- usu. as modifier the chief performer or instrument of a specified type领演者, 领奏者; 领奏乐器：
that girl will be your lead dancer.
那女孩将为你们领舞。
- often as modifier the item of news given the greatest prominence in a newspaper or magazine杂志或报纸的头条消息：
the lead story.
头条消息。
- Brit. a strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other domestic animal〈英〉（牵狗等用的）带子, 绳子。
- a wire that conveys electric current from a source to an appliance, or that connects two points of a circuit together导线, 引线; 连接线。
- the distance advanced by a screw in one turn螺距, 牙距。
- a channel, in particular水道, 尤指：
- an artificial watercourse leading to a mill进入磨坊的人工水渠。
- a channel of water in an ice field冰原上的水道。
lead someone astray
- cause someone to act or think foolishly or wrongly使误入歧途, 使想入非非。
lead someone by the nose
- informal control someone totally, especially by deceiving them〈非正式〉（尤指用欺骗手段）彻底控制某人, 牵着某人的鼻子走。
lead someone a dance
- 见DANCE.
lead from the front
- take an active role in what one is urging and directing others to do起带头作用, 带头干。
lead someone up （或 〈北美〉down） the garden path
- informal give someone misleading clues or signals〈非正式〉提供误导的线索（或信号）。
lead the way
- 见WAY.
lead with one's chin
- informal (of a boxer) leave one's chin unprotected〈非正式〉（拳击运动员）未保护下巴。
- figurative behave or speak incautiously〈喻〉言行轻率, 鲁莽行事。
lead off
- start开始：
the newsletter leads off with a report on tax bills.
通讯以一篇有关税单的报道开始。
- Baseball bat first in a game or inning【棒球】先击球。
- Baseball (of a base-runner) be in a position to run from a base while standing off the base【棒球】（跑垒者）准备跑垒。
- (of a door, room, or path) provide access away from a central space（门、室或路）引向, 带离：
a farm track led off to the left.
一条田间小道引向左方。
lead someone on
- mislead or deceive someone, especially into believing that one is in love with or attracted to them欺骗某人（尤指使某人误以为自己深爱某人或被某人所吸引）。
lead up to
- immediately precede作为…先导（或准备）：
the weeks leading up to the elections.
选举前的几周。
- result in导致：
fashioning a policy appropriate to the situation entails understanding the forces that led up to it.
制订切合形势的政策必须懂得导致这一形势的各种势力。
- mass noun a heavy bluish-grey soft ductile metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. It has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints. (Symbol: Pb)（化学元素）铅（符号：Pb）。
- an item or implement made of lead, in particular铅制品, 尤指：
leads
Brit. sheets or strips of lead covering a roof〈英〉屋顶铅板。
- Brit. a piece of lead-covered roof〈英〉一块铅板屋顶。
leads
lead frames holding the glass of a lattice or stained-glass window（格子窗或彩色玻璃窗的）铅框。
- Nautical a lump of lead suspended on a line to determine the depth of water【航海】（测量水深的）测深铅锤。
- mass noun graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark（铅笔的）铅芯。
- Printing a blank space between lines of print【印刷】行间距。
- ORIGIN: originally with reference to the metal strip used to create this space.
get the lead out
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. move or work more quickly〈非正式, 主北美〉加快脚步, 加快工作。
lead in one's pencil
- informal 〈非正式〉vigour or energy, especially sexual energy in a man,精力, 活力, （尤指）男人性能力。