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lead
/lɛd/
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- leading
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- led
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- leads
1 · noun
an advantage held by a competitor in a race
领先；领
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At the end of the first half Real Madrid were in the lead, but Chelsea won in the end.
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皇家马德里在上半场处于领先，但切尔西最终赢得了比赛。
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