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）

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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

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。
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。
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。
Look for stairs to your left which lead up to the mezzanine.
沿左面楼梯步上夹层即达。
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。
I'm leading up to something quite important.
我正要谈到相当重要的部分。
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。
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。
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