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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The study of Si-based materials light emitting is a new leading field in semiconductor optoelectronics and photonics. The light emitting if Si-based quantum-dot is attractive research direction.
  Si基材料光发射的研究是当前半导体光电子学与光子学中迅速发展起来的一个前沿领域，Si基量子点的光发射是近年来极引人注目的新研究方向。
• 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。