pace-setter

基本解釋

That firm was the pace-setter in car design for many years.
那家公司在汽車設計領域多年來一直領先。
Today’s chart uses a stopwatch to compare India’s progress in development against another pace-setter, China.
今天的圖表用秒表的方式比較了同樣迅猛發(fā)展的印度與中國各自的進展。
Alston is their best pace-setter and distributor in the open court, and since Brooks has yet to gain Adelman's trust, getting the Rockets running falls on Steve Francis, Mike James and Luther Head.
阿爾斯通是最佳領跑者，進攻中的最佳分球手，而佈魯尅斯有待獲得阿德爾曼的信任，讓火箭跑起來的重任就落在了弗朗西斯，詹姆斯和海德頭上。

Apart from its uniqueness, Concorde is seen as a pace-setter because all other attempts to design such aircraft have relied on its delta wing design.
ECONOMIST: Supersonics on the back burner The
In the latter connection, Robinson offers insights into the prospects for economic and political reform and identifies Czechoslovakia as the new "pace-setter" of East European transformation.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy

A pacesetter is someone who is in the lead during part of a race or competition and therefore decides the speed or standard of the race or competition for that time.
A pacesetter is a person or a company that is considered to be the leader in a particular field or activity.