[] to lead or be in charge of sth领导；带领◆She has been appointed to head a team of 50 sales staff.她获委任领导 50 名销售人员组成的团队。◆a committee headed by an outside lawyer由一位外部律师领导的委员会SYNhead up sth [] ( be headed, especially in NAmE ) (used with an adverb or a preposition 常与副词或介词连用) to move in a particular direction朝某方向行进◆Can you forecast where the economy is heading?你能够预测经济会朝哪个方向发展吗？◆The manufacturing sector may be heading back towards recession.制造业部门很可能会倒退到衰退阶段。◆Prices are already headed higher.价格已经上涨。◆100 000 copies of the new game are headed for the US.这款新游戏有十万套已经运往美国。 [] (usually be headed) to put a word or words at the top of a page or section of a book or an article as a title（在页面或书籍、文章的章节之前）加标题◆a section of the report headed ‘Strengths and weaknesses of the company’报告中题为“公司的优势与劣势”的一章◆Print the letter on headed paper(= paper with the company's name and address on it).用公司信头纸列印这封信。●head ˈnorth/ˈsouth(about share prices, currencies, etc.) to rise/fall in value（股票、货币等的价格）价值上升／下降◆The country's currency headed south for the second day, weakening 1.4%.这国的币值连续两天下跌，跌幅达 1.4%。●ˌhead sth ˈoffto take action in order to prevent sth from happening防止某事发生◆trying to head off job losses设法避免失业●ˌhead ˈup sthto lead or be in charge of a department, part of an organization, etc.领导；主管◆They are searching for someone to head up the new department.他们正在寻找一个可以领导这新部门的人。HELP A noun must always follow up, but a pronoun comes between the verb and up名词必须总是放在 up 之后，但是代词应放在动词和 up 之间。SYNhead verb (1) ➡ see note at responsibility