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lead1 /liːd/► SEE ALLgive a lead (on sth)lead sb astraylead sb by the noselead sb a (merry) dancelead from the frontlead (sb) nowherelead sb to believe (that…)lead sb up the garden pathlead the waylead/have a charmed lifeyou can take/lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drinklead/live the life of Reilly/Riley
●give a ˈlead (on sth)give people encouragement to do sth by doing it yourself first 做榜样；以身作则◆The government should give a lead on protection of the environment.
政府应该在环保方面身体力行。●lead sb aˈstrayencourage sb to behave in a silly or criminal way 把某人引入歧途；把某人带坏◆Small children are easily led astray by older children.
小孩子容易被大孩子带坏。◆He’s a weak character, who’s easily led astray.
他个性软弱，容易被引入歧途。●lead sb by the ˈnosemake sb do everything you want; control sb completely 牵着某人的鼻子走；完全控制某人◆Unfortunately, she’s allowed herself to be led by the nose for years, so it doesn’t surprise me that she isn’t happy.
很不幸，这么多年她一直让人牵着鼻子走，所以她不开心我并不感到意外。●lead sb a (merry) ˈdancecause sb a lot of trouble or worry 给某人带来很多麻烦（或顾虑）◆Where have you been? You’ve led us a merry dance — we’ve been looking all over for you!
你去哪儿了？你给我们惹了大麻烦，我们一直在到处找你！●lead from the ˈfronttake an active part in what you are telling or persuading others to do 带头；引导◆If you want to succeed in this business, you need to lead from the front. We need people who can motivate their team to get the best possible results.
如果你想在这个行业获得成功，就要发挥带头作用。我们需要能够带动整个团队取得最佳业绩的人。●lead (sb) ˈnowherehave no successful result for sb （对某人）毫无成效◆This discussion is leading nowhere.
这次讨论不会有什么结果。●lead sb to beˈlieve (that…)make sb think sth is true, usually wrongly 使某人误认为，使某人误信（…）◆I was led to believe that I didn’t need a visa to enter the country, and now it appears that I do.
我以前误以为入境时不需要签证，但是现在看来还是需要的。◆She led me to believe that she was a student, but she wasn’t.
她让我误以为她是个学生，其实她不是。 OPP put/set sb straight (about/on sth) ●lead sb up the garden ˈpath (informal) cause sb to believe sth that is not true; deceive sb 误导某人；把某人引入歧途；欺骗◆I think you’re just leading us up the garden path — now, come on, tell us the truth!
我认为你简直是在把我们往沟里带，好了，还是告诉我们真相吧！◆He had led her up the garden path, telling her he wasn’t married.
他曾经欺骗过她，告诉她自己未婚。●lead the ˈway1. go in front of sb in order to show them the way 引路；带路◆She led the way to the conference hall.
她引路去会议厅。2. be the first to do or develop sth 示范；是先行者；为始作俑者◆The United States was leading the way in space research.
美国率先开展了太空研究。 OPP follow/go with the crowd ●lead/have a ˌcharmed ˈlifehave a lot of good luck, avoiding accidents or harm 天佑神护；趋吉避祸◆Carol appeared to lead a charmed life, with her successful career in television, money and a happy home life.卡萝尔真是吉人天相，从事电视行业成就斐然，收入丰厚，且家庭幸福。●you can ˌtake/ˌlead a horse to ˌwater, but you ˌcan’t make it ˈdrink (saying) you can give sb the opportunity to do sth, but you cannot force them to do it if they do not want to 牵马河边易，逼它喝水难；你可以给别人机会，但如果他们不愿意干，就不能强迫他们；牛不喝水不能强按头●lead/live the life of Reilly/ˈRiley (informal) have a comfortable and enjoyable life without any worries 过舒适且无忧无虑的生活◆He inherited a lot of money and since then he’s been living the life of Riley.他继承了一大笔钱，从此过着无忧无虑的生活。lead2 /led/► SEE ALLgo down like a lead balloonswing the lead
●go ˌdown like a lead balˈloon (informal) be very unsuccessful; not be accepted by people 像铅气球一样下落；非常不成功；毫无效果◆As you can imagine, the new proposals went down like a lead balloon, so we’ll have to think again.
可能你会料到，新的提案根本不管用，所以我们必须重新考虑。 OPP go down a bomb NOTE Lead is a heavy soft grey metal (symbol = Pb). * lead 指金属铅（化学符号为 Pb），它是一种银白色重金属，质地柔软。 ●ˌswing the ˈlead (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) (usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行时) pretend to be ill/sick when you are not, especially to avoid work 装病（尤指为逃避工作）◆I don’t think there’s anything wrong with her — she’s just swinging the lead.我想她没什么不舒服的，她只是为了逃避工作。 ORIGIN The lead (pronounced /led/) may refer to a weight at the bottom of a line that sailors used to measure how deep the water was. Swinging the lead was possibly considered an easy job, and so came to mean avoiding hard work. * lead （读作 /led/）或许指系在绳子底部的重砣，旧时船员用此来测量水深。swinging the lead （摆水砣）可能被认为是一件轻松的差事，后用来指逃避重活。 |