【leading音标】 英[ˈli:dɪŋ] 美[ˈli:dɪŋ]
【单词释义】 leading是什么意思：
adj.重要的，主要的；前列的；首位的n.行距；领导；铅框v.领导（lead的现在分词）
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
【关联词/派生词】
lead v. 领导；导致；通往
leadership n.领导；领导地位；领导才能；领导层
leader n.领袖，领导者
【单词例句】
◇ Three million people die prematurely each year due to tobacco use that causes cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and stroke, the world's leading killers, it said, marking World No Tobacco Day. They include 890,000 deaths through second-hand smoke exposure.
世卫组织在世界无烟日到来之际表示，全球每年有300万人因烟草使用导致的心脏病和中风等心血管疾病过早死亡，其中89万人死于二手烟，这些疾病是头号健康杀手。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ Universities, on the other hand, tend to offer both undergraduate and graduate programs leading to advanced degrees for a larger group of students. They can also be comprised of several schools—referred to as colleges—under their umbrella.
University则一般都会提供本科和研究生课程，有更大的学生群体能获得高级学位。University还可以包含college， 即学院。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ "Many studies have investigated the link between color and emotion. Although not all of these studies agree, some consistent results can be extracted from the literature," Professor Anna Franklin, a leading expert in color psychology at the University of Sussex, wrote in a blog post about the project.
萨塞克斯大学色彩心理学领域的权威专家安娜·富兰克林教授在一篇关于此项目的博客文章中写道：“许多研究都调查了颜色和情绪之间的联系。虽然它们并非都得出了相同的结论，但从论文中也能找到一些共同点。”
---- What is the world's most relaxing color?
◇ "It is commonly acknowledged that China has achieved significant progress in various sectors such as new energy, high-speed rail, modern information, new materials, and artificial intelligence, leading to robust growth in related industries and products," he added.
金平表示：“众所周知，中国在新能源、高铁、现代信息、新材料、人工智能等多个领域取得了长足进步，并带动相关产业和产品的强劲增长。”
---- China's stable economic growth crucial to boosting global
◇ Perpetual Guardian's CEO, Andrew Barnes, a Briton, says the experiment is generating interesting data, which will be analysed by academics at two leading New Zealand universities before a decision on extending the trial is made.
Perpetual Guardian公司的首席执行官、英国人安德鲁·巴恩斯说，这个试验正在产生有趣的数据，来自两所新西兰一流大学的学者们将对这些数据进行分析，然后再决定是否延长试行期。