【lead音标】 英[li:d] 美[li:d]
【单词释义】 lead是什么意思：
vt.领导；引导；通往；指挥
vi.领导；导致；用水砣测深
n.(铅[U])；领导；榜样；枪弹
adj.领头的；最重要的；领先的
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] leads [第三人称单数] leads
[单词现在分词] leading
[单词过去式] led
[单词过去分词] led
【关联词/派生词】
leadership n.领导；领导地位；领导才能；领导层
leading adj.重要的，主要的 n.行距；领导 v.领导（lead的现在分词）
leader n.领袖，领导者
【lead形近词/近似词】
head n.头,头部；首脑；领导人，负责人 v.行进;领导
knead v. 揉合，揉捏(面团、湿黏土等)；按摩；捏制
bead n.有孔小珠，念珠；水珠，露珠 v.用小珠装饰；使成串珠状
read v. 阅读，朗读；读到；读懂 n.[U]阅读；读物；读书
mislead vt.误导；把…引入歧途
dead adj.死去的；不工作的；无生气的
【常用短语】
All roads lead to Rome 条条大路通罗马
【单词例句】
◇ The lovely,naughty god had two kinds of arrows:the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it.
这位可爱而又淘气的小精灵有两种神箭：加快爱情产生的金头神箭和中止爱情的铅头神箭。
---- Eros(Cupid)
◇ Then the angel of the Lord appeared to her and led her to a small house. On it was a small sign with the words, "Here anyone can live free."
天使来到她跟前，把她领到一座小屋前。那里挂着一块牌子，上面写着：“一切免费。”
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there’s nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.
现在，他们的孩子都长大成人了，也有他们各自的家庭了。于是，这对老夫妇再也没有什么事可以担忧的了。他们现在渴望的就是过各自的生活，免受这些年来婚姻带给他们的种种不幸。正因为这样，两个老人都赞同通过离婚解决事情的争端。
---- Life Together
◇ The inability to explain them led to speculation that gamma-ray bursts were the remnants of nuclear battles between alien civilizations,or even the exhaust energy of extraterrestrial spaceships going into warp drive.
由于无法解释这种现象，因此人们推测这些伽马射线爆炸是外星人之间核战争的遗迹，甚至后来有人认为是外星人飞船偏离轨道后释放的最后能量。
---- The Big Bang
◇ Ear, nose and throat specialists at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust released details of the man's condition in BMJ Case Reports and warned that trying to contain a forceful sneeze could lead to 'numerous complications' and even a lethal brain aneurysm.
莱斯特大学信托保健附属医院的耳鼻喉专家在英国医学期刊病例报告中发布了该男子的病情细节，并警告说，试图把强烈的喷嚏憋回去可能会导致“多种并发症”甚至致命的脑动脉瘤。
---- Don't hold in a sneeze, It could be the death of you
◇ KPMG and Deloitte offer four-day work weeks to some employees (with certain conditions attached), while Google allows some employees full control over 20% of their working week, hoping that the creative freedom will lead to new ideas and innovations.
毕马威和德勤的某些员工可以每周工作四天（但是有一定的附加条件）。谷歌则允许一些员工随心支配工作周中超过20%的时间，希望这种创作自由可以引发新想法和创意。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ Acne was previously thought to come from lack of normal shedding of the skin cells that line the sebaceous (oil gland) follicle. This was thought to lead to thickened skin and the formation of small comedones (black and white heads).
原先认为痘痘源于毛囊皮脂腺周围的皮肤细胞未能正常脱落。这会导致皮肤增厚，形成黑头和白头（粉刺）。