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VERB
纵身；跳；跃
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。
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VERB
迅捷地移动
If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
例句
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。
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VERB
（车辆）飞奔，疾驶
If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.
例句
The car leapt forward.
汽车向前飞驰。
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N-COUNT
骤变；激增；飞跃
A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance.
例句
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
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VERB
骤变；激增；飞跃
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.
沃里克队在排名中蹿升至第3名，落后领先的埃塞克斯队31分。
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VERB
（因吃惊、害怕、高兴等心脏）猛地跳动
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.
我见到她时心都要跳出来了。
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VERB
赶紧抓住（机会）
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.
戏剧学校校长一职出缺，他马上抓住了这个机会。
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PHRASE
（改善或增长）非常迅速地，飞跃地
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。
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PHRASE
冒险举动；瞎闯
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。