pacesetter

柯林斯词典

pacesetter /ˈpeɪsˌsɛtə/ (pacesetters)

• 1. N-COUNT A pacesetter is someone who is in the lead during part of a race or competition and therefore decides the speed or standard of the race or competition for that time. 领跑员

  The two Americans are unlikely pacesetters. 这两个美国人看来不像领跑员。

  Hammond was the early pacesetter. 哈蒙德曾是初期领跑员。

• 2. N-COUNT A pacesetter is a person or a company that is considered to be the leader in a particular field or activity. 先驱

  Mongolia seemed an unlikely candidate as the pacesetter for political change in Asia. 蒙古看来不太会做亚洲政治变革的先驱。

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