put in the lead

基本解释

Invest targeted resources more aggressively in areas that you think will put you in the lead.
如果认定某一领域将确立公司的领导地位，加大在这些领域的资源投资力度。
You might think running around after children would put parents in the lead on exercise, but in fact non-parents edged in front by 3 per cent.
你可能觉得有孩子的人围着孩子忙活可以增加运动量，因而是运动最多的人群，但事实是，他们被没有孩子的人以3%优势领先。
The international community had been looking to Obama – who put climate change at the top of his agenda – to put America in the lead of efforts to deal with global warming.
由于奥巴马把气候变化问题放在其议事日程的优先位置，国际社会一直希望他能推动美国在应对全球变暖的努力上起主导作用。

And then as they become toddlers as they started crawling around, they get that lead dust on their hands from the windowsills in the floors, they put it in their mouth."

That put the Gators in the lead to stay.
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Jack Keane, a former Army vice chief of staff, was also skeptical, particularly about plans to put Iraqis in the lead for military operations.
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