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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。