lead up to

英 [liːd ʌp tu]

美 [liːd ʌp tu]

（一系列事件）导致，致使，引致; （时间）临近，紧挨在…之前; （把谈话）引向（某个话题）

柯林斯词典

• See also:Alan Tomlinson has reconstructed the events that led up to the deaths...They had a series of arguments, leading up to a decision to separate.lead-up
• PHRASAL VERB （时间）临近，紧挨在…之前
  The period of timeleading up toan event is the period of time immediately before it happens.
  1. ...the weeks leading up to Christmas.
     圣诞节前的几个星期
• PHRASAL VERB （把谈话）引向（某个话题）
  If someoneleads up toa particular subject, they gradually guide a conversation to a point where they can introduce it.
  1. I'm leading up to something quite important.
     我正要谈到相当重要的部分。

双语例句

• Tom concluded to let Huck lead up to the subject.
  汤姆决定让哈克先开口谈这个问题。
• Assuming that you want to measure this steady-state performance, you need to understand all the factors that lead up to it.
  假设希望度量稳定状态下的性能，就需要了解影响这个过程的所有因素。
• It's best if it fits the tone of your content otherwise it could get pretty confusing, although you could lead up to it, making it obvious what you're doing.
  最好它能够切合你要表达的语义，否则即使你引导其逐渐阐明你要表达的意思，它也会使人感到困惑。
• The event that lead up to the murder is show in a series of flashback
  酿成谋杀案的各个环节是通过一系列倒叙手法来表现的
• In the lead up to World Health Day, WHO is following the experiences of six mothers-to-be living in different countries of the world.
  在世界卫生日之前，世界卫生组织正在跟踪生活在世界上不同国家的六个母亲生活情况。
• They had a series of arguments, leading up to a decision to separate.
  他们经过连番争吵后决定分居。
• In most cases, to find out the cause of the error you need to take some type of trace that will show the sequence of calls that lead up to the error.
  在大多数情况下，要找出错误的起因，需要进行某种类型的跟踪，以便通过跟踪来揭示导致错误的调用序列。
• In the perfect chess combination as in a first-rate short story, the whole plot and counter-plot should lead up to a striking finale, the interest not being allayed until the very last moment.
  完美的象棋组合犹如一篇第一流的短篇故事，正反双方应该导致一场最后的战斗终曲，直到最后那刻之前，趣味始终高涨。
• In the lead up to the World Cup, players will no doubt be asked to address the growing threat of terrorism to sports.
  在筹备世界杯期间，球员们无疑会被问及运动场上恐怖威胁与日俱增这一事件。
• Instead of including that paragraph, she added one that described Lengel's crabbed response to the girls so that she could lead up to the A& P "policy" he enforces.
  这一段描述了Lengel对女孩子的回答尖酸刻薄，这样她就把话题引向了他强调的A&P政策。