leading light

英 [ˌliːdɪŋ ˈlaɪt]

美 [ˌliːdɪŋ ˈlaɪt]

n.  (某活动范围内)重要的活跃人物，受敬重的人物

牛津词典

noun

• （某活动范围内）重要的活跃人物，受敬重的人物
  an important, active or respected person in a particular area of activity
  1. She's one of the leading lights in the opera world.
     她是歌剧界的一位大腕。

柯林斯词典

• 显赫人物；积极分子；中流砥柱
  If you say that someone is aleading lightin an organization, campaign, or community, you mean that they are one of the most important, active, enthusiastic, and successful people in it.

英英释义

noun

• a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
  1. he was host to a large gathering of luminaries
  Synonym:luminaryguiding lightnotablenotability

双语例句

• John List, a leading light in the field of experimental economics, recently carried out an experiment designed to tease out some of the motives for giving.
  实验经济学的领军人物约翰李斯特（JohnList）最近进行了一项旨在揭示人们捐助动机的实验。
• Messi is undoubtedly global football's leading light after hitting a second successive La Liga hat-trick.
  连续两场比赛在西甲上演帽子戏法，梅西无疑是当今世界足坛的领军人物。
• And he is confident Barclays Wealth can be a leading light, "a real game changer" with the "A-Team" he has built up since moving from investment banking at the beginning of 2006.
  同时，他相信，由于他2006年从投行业务调任这里后建立了一支“一流的团队”，巴克莱财富能够成为一个行业领导者，“一个真正的游戏规则改革者”。
• It is found that the acidity of Al2O3 would bring about secondary reactions of ethylene over the catalyst and CO hydrogenation to saturated hydrocarbons, thus leading to a decrease of the selectivity to light olefins.
  研究表明，Al2O3的酸性导致催化剂表面乙烯发生深度二次反应，致使CO加氢生成饱和烃及烯烃的选择性降低。
• As the reform of the institutions of higher learning goes on, the problem of how to use power and accept supervision for the leading group has com to light.
  随着高等教育事业改革的不断深入，权力和监督已成为高校领导干部所面临的重大课题。
• The electro-optical compensation is used to decrease the unstability of light intensity in traditional method by leading into reference light.
  传统的办法是采用引入参考光路，利用光电补偿方法，来减小光源波动造成的影响。
• S company, one of the leading automobile light manufacturer, is planning to expand and optimize its QMS in order to improve the product quality and reduce the cost.
  上海S车灯公司作为国内国际领先的车灯制造企业，本着提高产品质量，降低生产成本，提高企业效益的原则，计划对企业质量管理体系进行扩展与优化。
• The discussion is made on the reasons of common mistakes in book leading and collecting in light of the experience of the writer to put forward the measures for preventing and correcting these mistakes, and how to assure successful, safe and efficient circulation of books.
  通过对几年来对图书馆自动化系统下图书流通工作经验教训的分析，探析了常见图书外借差错原因及处理措施，提出了如何确保图书顺利、安全、高效流通的几个方面。
• Californian agriculture is the leading light in America and even in the world.
  美国加州的农业不仅称雄美国，而且领先于世界各地。
• She was a leading light in their campaign.
  她是他们这次活动中的重要人物。