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。
• These two special campaings from beginning to end will make it clear that in the lead up to the Olympics Beijing is strengthening its management of the floating population.
  两个专项行动前后推行，表明奥运前，北京对流动人口的管理力度正在加强。
• 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。
• He stressed that COLLECTION did not miss any work following this gallop and that he was pleased with the progress of COLLECTION in the lead up to the race.
  他强调，在该课快操之后，「闲话一句」一直未尝缺课，而他亦满意「闲话一句」的赛前操练进度。
• 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。
• It was just a lead up to other things I wanted to say.
  我想说的是这事出有因。
• Four fine stone steps lead up to the front door.
  四层精美的石阶引至前门。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。