phrasal verbphr vto deceive someone, especially to make them think you love them 〔尤指在男女感情上〕欺骗〔某人〕
He thought she loved him, but in fact she was just leading him on.
他以为她爱他,但实际上她只是在骗他。
Examples from the Corpus
lead on• I can't tell if he really cares about me or if he's just leading me on?• He was completely wrong to lead you on.• He was forced to retire from the race with a splitoiltank while in the lead.• Together the two of them set out for Lamri, leading the goat on a length of rope.• One hotsummer day Uncle Ted led the children on a rowingexpedition over the bay to a distantisland.• I didn't mean to lead Cassie on, but I didn't want to hurt her feelings either.• They sat on the floor, on the stepsleading upstairs, onchairs, on the couch.• Ducklings at a similarly early stage in their lives also follow their mother as she leads them away on food-finding outings.• My platoon was the lead platoon on the extreme right.• The Raiders were clinging to a 14-13 lead, ball on their own 42, looking at third down and six inches.