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be in the lead
单独使用时表示处于领先地位。
Our team is in the lead.
我们队领先。
领先；处于首位
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领先；处于首位
ahead of others in a race or competition; holding the leading position
Our team is in the lead.
我们队领先。
After the first lap, the young runner was in the lead.
跑完第一圈后，这位年轻选手领先。
Our company is in the lead in the local market this year.
今年我们公司在当地市场中处于领先地位。
She is in the lead with ten points, but the game isn't over yet.
她以十分领先，但比赛还没结束。
单独使用时表示处于领先地位。
Our team is in the lead.
我们队领先。
用in引出领先的领域或活动。
She is in the lead in the race.
她在比赛中领先。
用of引出领先的群体或范围。
The company is in the lead of the market.
这家公司在市场上领先。
Not this
He is on the lead.
Use this
He is in the lead.
介词错误：表示‘领先’应用‘in the lead’，而不是‘on the lead’。‘on’通常表示‘在…上面’，而‘in’表示处于领先位置。
Not this
She is in lead.
Use this
She is in the lead.
冠词缺失：固定短语‘in the lead’中必须使用定冠词‘the’，不能省略。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
处于领先地位
After the first lap, the runner was in the lead.
第一圈之后，那位赛跑选手处于领先地位。
保持领先
The company managed to stay in the lead by innovating constantly.
这家公司通过不断创新保持了领先地位。
继续领先
The team remained in the lead until the final whistle.
该队直到终场哨响都一直领先。
使某人领先
Her brilliant speech put her in the lead among the candidates.
她精彩的演讲使她在候选人中处于领先位置。
发现自己领先
The cyclist found himself in the lead after a sudden sprint.
那位自行车手在突然冲刺后发现自己领先了。
领先
The athlete is currently in the lead by two seconds.
这位运动员目前领先两秒。
他领先了！
In the movie 'Rush', a commentator shouts this as James Hunt takes the lead in a race.
在电影《极速风流》中，当詹姆斯·亨特在比赛中领先时，评论员高喊这句话。
我们现在领先了。
From the TV series 'The Crown', a character says this when a political campaign is ahead in polls.
在电视剧《王冠》中，一个角色在政治竞选民调领先时说了这句话。
Use in the lead naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把lead联想为‘领导’，in the lead即‘在领导位置’，意为领先。
语域：neutral 常见场景：sports competitions、business competition、election campaigns、academic rankings 该短语通常用于描述比赛、竞争等场景中的领先状态，在日常口语和正式书面语中都较为常见，属于中性偏正式的表达。
通常用作表语，不置于名词前
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