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。
• Howard Segal, an historian at the University of Maine, says the movement imploded when its leading light, Howard Scott, was unmasked as a failed wax salesman, not the great engineer he claimed to be.
  缅因大学历史学家霍华德·西格尔说当运动的指明灯霍华德·斯科特东窗事发像一个失败的蜡推销员，而不是他宣称的伟大的工程师，这个运动就破灭了。
• The reasons leading to light pollution and its harm are analyzed, and instructive countermeasures to con-trol light pollution are discussed.
  总结分析了光污染产生的原因及其对环境的危害，探讨了克服光污染的防治策略。
• Cymer, Inc.," the world's leading supplier of excimer light sources," headquartered in San Diego, has publicized more recent successes in the same vein.
  总部设于SanDiego的Cymer，Inc.，是世界领先的准分子光源供应商，它在最近也宣布取得了类似的成功。
• 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。
• We are among the leading dealers of this city in light industrial products.
  我们是这个城市中经营轻工业产品的主要商号之一。
• The pair can then pass from virtual to real, leading to an outward flux of observable light and a corresponding decrease in the mass of the hole.
  于是这对光子就会由虚转实，形成一股可观察到的向外光通量，而此时黑洞的质量也会相应下降。
• 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。
• The conclusion we can make is as follow: Through simple sol-gel process, nitrogen and neodymium as Nd3+ can be incorporated into crystal lattice of TiO2, leading to its response to visible light.
  结论如下：通过简单的溶胶-凝胶法，氮和钕可以掺杂进入TiO2晶格，导致在可见光下有响应。