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VERB
縱身；跳；躍
If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.
例句
He had leapt from a window in the building and escaped...
他從大樓一個窗口跳出去跑了。
The newsreels show him leaping into the air...
新聞短片里有他跳向空中的畫面。
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VERB
迅捷地移動
If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
例句
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，向前猛沖，縱身跳進水中。
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VERB
（車輛）飛奔，疾駛
If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.
例句
The car leapt forward.
汽車向前飛馳。
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N-COUNT
驟變；激增；飛躍
A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance.
例句
The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
其結(jié)果是生產(chǎn)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(yè)人數(shù)
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VERB
驟變；激增；飛躍
If you leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance.
例句
Warwicks leap to third in the table, 31 points behind leaders Essex.
沃里克隊在排名中躥升至第3名，落后領(lǐng)先的埃塞克斯隊31分。
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VERB
（因吃驚、害怕、高興等心臟）猛地跳動
If you say that your heart leaps, you mean that you experience a sudden, very strong feeling of surprise, fear, or happiness.
例句
My heart leaped at the sight of her.
我見到她時心都要跳出來了。
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VERB
趕緊抓住（機會）
If you leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
（改善或增長）非常迅速地，飛躍地
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.
例句
He's improved in leaps and bounds this season...
他今季的表現(xiàn)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(shù)目似乎正飛速增長。
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PHRASE
冒險舉動；瞎闖
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.
例句
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。