leap
vi. 跳; 衝動的行動
vt. 跳過,躍過; 使跳躍
n. 跳躍,飛躍; 跳躍的距離
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...
他從大樓一個視窗跳出去跑了。
The newsreels show him leaping into the air...
新聞短片裡有他跳向空中的畫面。
If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off...
兩名男子跳上吉普車,疾馳而去。
With a terrible howl, he leapt forward and threw himself into the water.
他狂吼一聲,向前猛衝,縱身跳進水中。
If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.
The car leapt forward.
汽車向前飛馳。
A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance.
The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
其結果是生產力的大幅提高。
...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000...
由35,000猛增至75,000的失業人數
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.
沃裡克隊在排名中躥升至第3名,落後領先的埃塞克斯隊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.
我見到她時心都要跳出來了。
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.
戲劇學校校長一職出缺,他馬上抓住了這個機會。
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...
他今季的表現一日千里。
The total number of species on the planet appears to be growing by leaps and bounds.
地球上的物種數目似乎正飛速增長。
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...
小心謹慎的人是不會輕易冒險的。
Once more he's making a leap into the unknown without a plan.
他再次毫無計劃地亂闖。
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
這些動詞均有"跳,跳躍"之意。
a leap in the dark
冒險行動,未知數很大之舉
by (或 in) leaps and bounds
突飛猛進地
leap to the eye
(尤指文字)突現,顯眼
by leaps and bounds
非常快地
leap in the dark
無法預測後果的行為
leap of faith
信仰不可捉摸:信仰或相信不可捉摸或無法證明之事物的行為或例子
We get around this problem by skipping leap year for three out of four century years.
我們採用讓四個世紀年中的三個世紀年躍過閏年的辦法,來解決這個問題.
Chinese State Media Goes Global: A Great Leap Outward for Chinese Soft Power?
中國國營媒體走向全球: 中國軟實力的一次突飛猛進?
The boy cleared the fence in one leap.
男孩一躍跳過了籬笆.
Her marriage to John was a leap in the dark.
她與約翰結婚是貿然行動.
In the last few years, this art has made a big leap.
近幾年來, 這一藝術有了新的躍進.