No. 7,901 in Chinese
领先
"领先" means "to lead" or "to be ahead."
In a sentence
该公司在行业中一直处于领先地位。
The company has always been in a leading position in the industry.
Here, '领先' is used as an adjective meaning 'in a leading position', describing the company's status.
他在比赛中遥遥领先于其他选手。
He is far ahead of the other contestants in the competition.
In this sentence, '领先' is used as a verb meaning 'to lead', expressing the action of being ahead.
我们需要加快步伐追赶领先者。
We need to speed up to catch up with the leader.
Here, '领先者' uses '领先' as a verb to derive the noun 'leader', referring to the person who is leading.
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