比喻用法。

1. The Democratic candidate is still leading in the polls.

民主党候选人的得票数依然领先。

2. Two leading law firms are to prepare legal actions against tobacco companies.

两家很有名的律师事务所准备向烟草公司提起诉讼。

3. Britain's future as a leading industrial nation depends on investment.

作为一个主要工业国英国的未来要倚赖投资。

4. 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。

5. Mr Mendes was leading a campaign to save Brazil's rainforest from exploitation.

门德斯先生正领导一场运动，以拯救遭到乱砍滥伐的巴西热带雨林。