用作动词,主要表示“带领”“引导”“领导”“导致”等,使用时注意以下句型和结构:
1. 表示把某人带到或领到某地,通常用“lead+sb+介词短词或副词”结构。如:
He led the guests into his room. 他把客人带到了自己的房间。
He led us out into the grounds.
他领我们进了庭园。
She led the horse back into the stable.
她把那匹马牵回了马厩。
I tried to lead the discussion back to the main issue.
我试图把讨论引回到主要问题上。
After a while I led the conversation around to her job
过了一阵子,我把话题引到她的工作上。
He took Dickon by the hand to lead him into the house
他牵着迪康的手把他领进屋。
A local peasant led the soldiers through the forest. 一位当地的农民领着士兵们穿过森林。
2. 表示使(导致)某人做某事(有时含有误导之意),通常用 lead sb to (do) sth。如:
What led you to this conclusion? 你是怎么得出这个结论的?
He led me to believe that he had a lot of influence. 他让我相信他很有影响力。
Her constant lying led me to distrust everything she said. 他经常撒谎,我完全不相信她的话了。
What led you to this conclusion?
你是如何得出这个结论的?
His abhorrence of racism led him to write The Algiers Motel Incident
对种族主义的憎恨促使他写了《阿尔及尔汽车旅馆事件》一书。
Mother had led me to believe the new baby was a kind of present for me
母亲让我相信新出生的宝宝是给我的一个礼物。
有时lead to 表示“导致(某种结果)”。如:
Smoking cigarettes leads to lung disease. 抽烟会导致肺部疾病。
Eating too much sugar can lead to health problems.
食用过多的糖会引起健康问题。
Ethnic tensions among the republics could lead to civil war
共和国之间紧张的种族关系可能会引发内战。
3. 表示领导或带领某人做某事,通常用 lead sb in (doing) sth。如:
He’ll lead the party of scientists (in) going to Paris. 他将带领这些科学家去巴黎。
Our Party leads us in building socialism.=Our Party leads us in the building of socialism. 党领导我们建设社会主义。
4. 表示过着某种生活,一般用 lead a…life。如:
lead a quiet life/a life of luxury/a miserable existence
过宁静 / 奢侈 / 悲惨的生活
She led a rather hard life. 她当时过着相当艰苦的生活。
He decided to lead a new life. 他决定要过新生活。
5. 表示通向某地,一般用 lead to,可用于本义和引申义。如:
All roads lead to Rome. 条条道路通罗马。
This road leads to wealth. 这是一条致富路。
比较:This door leads into the garden. 此门通往花园。
~ from/to sth (to/from sth)
(与…)相连,相通
The wire led to a speaker.
这电线连接着扬声器。
Which door leads to the yard?
哪扇门通向庭院?
The track led us through a wood.
我们沿着那条小道穿过了树林。
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