leap
vi. 跳; 冲动的行动
vt. 跳过,跃过; 使跳跃
n. 跳跃,飞跃; 跳跃的距离
If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.
He had leapt from a window in the building and escaped...
他从大楼一个窗口跳出去跑了。
The newsreels show him leaping into the air...
新闻短片里有他跳向空中的画面。
If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off...
两名男子跳上吉普车,疾驰而去。
With a terrible howl, he leapt forward and threw himself into the water.
他狂吼一声,向前猛冲,纵身跳进水中。
If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.
The car leapt forward.
汽车向前飞驰。
A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance.
The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
其结果是生产力的大幅提高。
...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000...
由35,000猛增至75,000的失业人数
If you leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance.
Warwicks leap to third in the table, 31 points behind leaders Essex.
沃里克队在排名中蹿升至第3名,落后领先的埃塞克斯队31分。
If you say that your heart leaps, you mean that you experience a sudden, very strong feeling of surprise, fear, or happiness.
My heart leaped at the sight of her.
我见到她时心都要跳出来了。
If you leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
The post of principal of the theatre school became vacant and he leapt at the chance.
戏剧学校校长一职出缺,他马上抓住了这个机会。
You can use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
He's improved in leaps and bounds this season...
他今季的表现一日千里。
The total number of species on the planet appears to be growing by leaps and bounds.
地球上的物种数目似乎正飞速增长。
If you take a leap in the dark or a leap into the unknown, you do something without having any previous experience in that activity or knowledge of it.
Prudent people are not going to take a leap in the dark...
小心谨慎的人是不会轻易冒险的。
Once more he's making a leap into the unknown without a plan.
他再次毫无计划地乱闯。
1. a light springing movement upwards or forwards
2. an abrupt transition;
3. a sudden and decisive increase;
4. the distance leaped (or to be leaped);
1. move forward by leaps and bounds;
2. pass abruptly from one state or topic to another;
3. cause to jump or leap;
jump, leap, spring, hop, bound, skip
这些动词均有"跳,跳跃"之意。
a leap in the dark
冒险行动,未知数很大之举
by (或 in) leaps and bounds
突飞猛进地
leap to the eye
(尤指文字)突现,显眼
by leaps and bounds
非常快地
leap in the dark
无法预测后果的行为
leap of faith
信仰不可捉摸:信仰或相信不可捉摸或无法证明之事物的行为或例子
We get around this problem by skipping leap year for three out of four century years.
我们采用让四个世纪年中的三个世纪年跃过闰年的办法,来解决这个问题.
Chinese State Media Goes Global: A Great Leap Outward for Chinese Soft Power?
中国国营媒体走向全球: 中国软实力的一次突飞猛进?
The boy cleared the fence in one leap.
男孩一跃跳过了篱笆.
Her marriage to John was a leap in the dark.
她与约翰结婚是贸然行动.
In the last few years, this art has made a big leap.
近几年来, 这一艺术有了新的跃进.