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

• 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。
• To lead up to and soften ( a dissonance or its impact) by means of preparation.
  调（音）通过准备调渐渐引入并柔和（不和谐音及其冲击）
• As the number of hours of sunshine per day increase, and the sun's intensity reaches its peak in the lead up to summer, we asked Dr.
  随着每天日照时间的延长以及阳光强度的增加，我们有必要对夏季的肌肤安全引起重视，为此我们采访了Alberta大学的皮肤病教授Dr。
• And stairs lead up to the six-foot by eight-foot bedroom.
  房间里六英尺的楼梯通往卧室，卧室也只有8英尺高。
• 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。
• Look for stairs to your left which lead up to the mezzanine.
  沿左面楼梯步上夹层即达。
• It was just a lead up to other things I wanted to say.
  我想说的是这事出有因。
• 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。
• Alan Tomlinson has reconstructed the events that led up to the deaths
  艾伦·汤姆林森再现了导致多人死亡的一系列事件。
• Four fine stone steps lead up to the front door.
  四层精美的石阶引至前门。