领先lead (the country) in…；stay in the lead in…
民主党总统候选人在民意测验中以14%的比分～于共和党的候选人。The Democratic presidential nominee was leading the Republican candidate by 14 percentage points in a poll./大多数民意表明他相当的～。Major polls show him comfortably in the lead./他在一次民意测验中～于他的对手。He pulled ahead of his rival in one poll./缩小西方在高技术武器方面的～地位 narrow the West’s lead in high-tech weaponry/～性primacy |