chief，principal，main，major，leading，capital，foremost，primary
这些形容词都含有“首要的，主要的”之意。
chief指人时，表同类中职位最高，权力最大；指物时，表同类中最重要，价值最高。
principal用于人时，指地位优于其他人；用于物时，指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
main通常只用于物。指在一定范围内，某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
major指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较，显得更加重要和突出。
leading侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
capital着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
foremost侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
primary通常不用于人。用于物时，指在重要性方面占第一位。
In the months leading up to the great ceremony, many people took part in the preparations.
临近盛典的几个月里, 许多人参加了准备工作.
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Students are expected to take their turn leading the study group.
学生们要依次轮流当学习小组的组长。
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At first sight, Joe Pesci is not exactly cast in the leading man mould.
第一眼看上去，乔·佩希并不是当领袖的料。
——柯林斯例句
The leading player is ill. Let his understudy to appear on the scene.
主角演员病了, 让他的替角出场.
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His new role could confirm him as one of our leading actors.
他的新角色会确保他跻身我们的一流演员之列。
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Brooks was abreast with the leading runner for a few minutes but then fell behind.
布鲁克斯赶上领先的赛跑运动员好几分钟,可是后来落后了.
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It's necessary for leading cadres to keep frequent contacts with the masses.
领导应和群众经常见面.
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Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar.
在接下来的几年里，他作为一名宪法研究领域最杰出的学者而声名远扬。
——柯林斯例句
The ladies had their hair sculpted by the leading coiffeur of the day.
女士们的发型都是当代有名的理发师做的.
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The Ivory Coast became the world's leading cocoa producer.
象牙海岸成为世界上可可粉的主要产地。
——柯林斯例句
The chief protagonists in the row are Visa and Mastercard, the world's leading credit card brands.
这场纠纷的主角是世界两大信用卡品牌——维萨和万事达。
——柯林斯例句
The catastrophe of a tragedy usually brings death or ruin to the leading character.
悲剧的结局常常是主角死亡或毁灭.
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Heading away from the mountains, I soon found an easier path leading downhill to the village.
我背着山走了不久,就发现了一条通往该村比较平坦的下山小路.
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A general anxiousness developed and increased, leading to a constriction of her normal activities.
一种普遍的焦虑情绪滋生出来并且不断加剧，导致她正常的活动都束手束脚。
——柯林斯例句
The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
那位主要舞蹈演员简直是美的化身.
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The leading contenders are still slogging it out.
处于领先位置的竞争者仍在激烈地角逐。
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Good weather leading to good grain harvests should win the country relief from food shortages.
能带来粮食丰收的好天气应该可以让该国的缺粮状况得到缓解。
——柯林斯例句
I felt it was important for women to join and take a leading role.
我觉得让女性参与其中，并担当领导角色对于女性而言意义重大。
——柯林斯例句
There was a bit of a kerfuffle during the race when a dog impeded the leading runners.
比赛中一条狗干扰了领先的选手，引起一阵混乱。
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National is Britain's leading autocare service with over 400 branches nationwide.
英国轮胎与车辆养护公司是英国最有名的汽车养护企业，在全英国有400多家分店。
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"Shouldn't he be given the leading role?" — "In a word — No."
“难道不该让他当主角吗？”——“一句话——不行。”
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He writes leading articles for the newspaper.
他为报纸写社论.
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That's just what I am leading up to.
那正是我就要说到的一点.
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They are now leading a very happy life.
他们现在过着幸福的生活.
《用法词典》
Opposition demonstrators have erected barricades in roads leading to the parliament building.
反对派示威者已经在通往国会大厦的道路上设置了路障。
柯林斯例句
He's a leading light of the business.
他是那个商行的主脑.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
He believes that unemployment is socially divisive and is leading to the creation of an underclass.
他认为失业会造成社会分化,道致贫困阶层的产生.
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a leading supplier of computers in the UK
英国一家主要电脑供应商
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