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

• Large windows and glass doors leading out to the deck bring light into the home, which on the inside looks like a modern, functional dwelling.
  大窗户和向外通向平台的玻璃门将光亮引入房屋内，让人们看到一个各种功能俱全的现代寓所。
• 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。
• He was the son of a left-wing writer from Zhejiang province, a leading light in Proletarian Writers for Purity and the editor of Liberation Daily, Shanghai's main newspaper.
  姚出生于浙江一个左翼作家的家庭，作为上海主要报纸，解放日报的编辑，作家协会的骨干，他的历史是清白的。
• Qinzhou Ni-xing Arts and Crafts Factory, a once leading enterprise among the national light industries in exporting and earning foreign exchanges, hindered by the inefficient management, has been suffering losses for years successively.
  钦州坭兴工艺厂原是全国轻工业出口创汇先进企业，但由于长期以来的管理不善，加之营销观念陈旧，造成了企业近几年来的连年亏损。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was a leading light in their campaign.
  她是他们这次活动中的重要人物。
• 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。
• 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。