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。
• 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。
• The vetting mechanism favoured by the chancellery and economics ministry, which are leading the drafting, could be described as a light version of Washington's Cfius, the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.
  牵头负责法案起草工作的德国总理府和经济部青睐的审查机制可以被称作美国外国投资委员会（Cfius）的精简版本。
• 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。
• Algorithm uses a random weight ease of use, as well as multi-search features, and preferences of the leading light of the evolution of these characteristics to filter the solution to be Pareto.
  算法利用了随机权重的简单易用性以及多向搜索的特点，和偏好的引导性，结合这些特点来筛选进化得到Pareto解。
• What we do know thanks to the efforts of Gary Solon, a professor at the University of Michigan and a leading light in the field is that the transmission of income down the generations is higher than we used to think.
  我们知道的是这要感谢密歇根大学（universityofmichigan）教授、该领域重要人物加里索伦（garysolon）的努力收入在世代之间的传递程度要比我们过去认为的要高。
• She was a leading light in their campaign.
  她是他们这次活动中的重要人物。
• Owen was the leading light four days later as England comfortably beat Russia to move up to second in group E.
  欧文在四天后完胜俄罗斯的比赛中继续闪光，帮助英格兰在e组排名升至第二位。
• She is the leading light in the local dramatic society and always has the main part in their plays.
  她是本地戏剧界重要人物，而且在演出中她始终演主角。
• A leading light of the contemporary Scottish folk scene, Emily Smith's powerful, clear vocals have gained her award winning, worldwide recognition.
  一个领先的当代苏格兰民谣歌唱秀赛会现场，埃米莉史密斯的展现强大的歌艺，清晰的嗓音使获得了获奖，举世公认。