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leading article

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++leading ar·ti·cle /ˌliːdɪŋ ˈɑːtɪkəl $ -ˈɑːr-/ noun [countable]  British EnglishTCN a piece of writing in a newspaper giving the paper’s opinion on a subject 〔报纸的〕评论文章,社论 SYN editorial
Examples from the Corpus
leading articleIts leading article reminded me of Commander Courtney's warnings.Then came the news that the Daily Mail compositors had refused to set an offending leading article.
leading ar·ti·cle nounChineseSyllable
of a a writing piece Corpus in


leading article
leading article /ˌliːdɪŋ ˈɑːtɪkəl $ -ˈɑːr-/ noun [countable]
British English a piece of writing in a newspaper giving the paper’s opinion on a subject
   SYN  editorial


leading articleBrE /ˌliːdɪŋ ˈɑːtɪkl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌliːdɪŋ ˈɑːrtɪkl/ 🔊 (also lead·er) noun (both BrE) = editorial