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A ringleader is the person who starts and leads a group that is doing something wrong — stealing, fighting, bullying, breaking the law. The others may join in, but the ringleader is the one who pulls them together and sets the plan.
A ringleader主謀 is the person who starts and leads a group是發起並帶領一群人的那個人 that is doing something wrong做壞事的 — stealing, fighting, bullying, breaking the law像是偷竊、打架、霸凌、違法 The others may join in其他人可能會加入 but the ringleader is the one但主謀才是那個 who pulls them together and sets the plan把大家聚在一起、訂出計畫的人
Police and newspapers like this word because it points to one person as the brain, not just another member of the crowd. It is not a kind word, and it is not for a sports captain or a class leader.
Police and newspapers like this word警察和媒體喜歡用這個詞 because it points to one person as the brain因為它指出某一個人是幕後主腦 not just another member of the crowd而不只是群眾裡的一個成員 It它 is not a kind word不是個好聽的詞 and it is not for a sports captain or a class leader也不是用來說運動隊長或班長的
The “ring” here is not a circle of metal; it is a group of people, the same “ring” as in a crime ring.
The "ring" here這裡的「ring」 is not a circle of metal不是指金屬做的圓圈 it is a group of people而是指一群人 the same "ring" as in a crime ring跟 crime ring（犯罪集團）裡的「ring」是同一個意思
Though actually, the ringleader is not always the loudest or the strongest. Sometimes they stay a little behind and let other people take the risk.
Though actually不過其實 the ringleader is not always the loudest or the strongest主謀不見得是最大聲或最強壯的那個人 Sometimes有時候 they stay a little behind他們會稍微躲在後面 and let other people take the risk讓別人去冒風險
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ringleadernoun/ˈɹɪŋˌliːdəɹ/
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A leader of a group of people, especially an unofficial group.
- Once, on a confident whim, I approached the group of popular girls in an attempt to broaden my circle. Their ringleader took one glance at my new Aeropostale T-shirt and whispered to her clones, “Yeah, Aero's definitely out now.”
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A person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang.
- The police arrested the ringleaders of the smuggling operation.
- A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent, / Under the countenance and confederacy / Of Lady Eleanor, the protector's wife, / The ringleader and head of all this rout, / Have practis'd dangerously against your state...
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。