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

• 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。
• Your role is to help in setting small interim goals and deadlines that lead up to larger ones, for example without hovering.
  你的作用是提供帮助比如为实现更大的目标，设定较小的临时目标和最终期限等但决不插手干涉。
• 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 first chapter of the book describes the events that lead up to?
  这本书的第一章描写了导致战争的那些事件。
• Leadership by such a group. Four fine stone steps lead up to the front door.
  精英领导精英阶级的领导们四层精美的石阶引至前门。
• Macao's Chief Executive, Edmund Ho, has meet top mainland officials for a progress report in a lead up to the territory's handover anniversary on Wednesday.
  在澳门回归一周年前夕，澳门行政长官何厚铧于星期三向中国高层官员作述职报告。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, as many of us know, the lead up to the Beijing Olympics has not been as peaceful as one would like.
  但是，我想大家都有耳闻目睹，这次北京奥运的前奏没有我们预期的那么和平。
• 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