pace-setter

基本解释

That firm was the pace-setter in car design for many years.
那家公司在汽车设计领域多年来一直领先。
Today’s chart uses a stopwatch to compare India’s progress in development against another pace-setter, China.
今天的图表用秒表的方式比较了同样迅猛发展的印度与中国各自的进展。
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.
阿尔斯通是最佳领跑者，进攻中的最佳分球手，而布鲁克斯有待获得阿德尔曼的信任，让火箭跑起来的重任就落在了弗朗西斯，詹姆斯和海德头上。

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.