lead/liːd/ (led, led)

vt

1. 带领，引路

• He led us into the conference room. 他领我们进入会议室。

• Who will lead the way? 谁来带路？

2. 领导；指挥；主持

• The teacher led a discussion in the class. 老师主持了一次课堂讨论。

• It was he who led the party. 是他领导该党。

3. (比赛等中)领先

• He led the race at the last lap. 跑最后一圈时他领先了。

4. 导致

• Her words led me to think over my decision again. 她的话让我重新考虑我的决定。

• We were led to believe that he would be back. 他让我们相信他会回来。

5. 引导，影响

• His friends led him to make the decision. 他在朋友们的影响下作出那个决定。

6. 过某种生活

• The prince and princess have led a happy life since then. 王子和公主从那时起过上了幸福的生活。

• lead a dog's life 过狗一般的生活(痛苦不堪)

7. 领先，处于首位

• Their laboratory leads the field in bioengineering. 他们的实验室在生物工程领域处于领先地位。

8. 【牌】 首先出(牌)

9. 开始；从…着手

• The news agency led the story this way. 通讯社就这样开始了一则报道。

vi

1. 带领，引路

• You lead and we'll follow. 你领路，我们跟着。

2. 领导，指挥

• He decided not to lead this time. 他决定这次不做领导了。

3. 领先

• The nation leads in cereals export. 该国的粮食出口居首位。

4. 导致

• So many spelling mistakes in the article led to great difficulty in reading. 文章中太多的拼写错误给阅读造成很大困难。

5. 通向

• The door leads into a small room. 进门是一个小房间。

6. 【牌】 首先出牌

词组All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。 lead back 带回

• He led them back to the right way. 他把他们带回到了正路上。

lead nowhere 毫无结果

• This discussion is leading us nowhere. 我们这样讨论下去不会有任何结果。

lead off

1. 开始

• The teacher led off the lecture by giving a question. 老师以提出问题的方式来开始讲课。

2. (路等)从…开始

• a path leading off from the foot of the hill 山脚下延伸来的小路

3. 【棒】 首先击球

lead sb.by the nose 牵着某人的鼻子走，控制某人 lead sb.a (merry) dance 给某人带来很大麻烦 lead sb. up the garden path 欺骗某人 lead up to

1. (路等向上)一直通向

• a path leading up to the top of the mountain 通向山顶的小路

2. 为…准备，先导，导致

• His insulting words led up to his being lambasted. 他说的侮辱性的话使自己遭到痛打。

• the events leading up to the strike 导致罢工的事件

3. 逐渐引向(某个话题)

• He led up to his purpose to come. 他拐弯抹角地说到他来的目的。