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

Four fine stone steps lead up to the front door.
四层精美的石阶引至前门。
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。
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
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。
The personal assistant feature, widely predicted in the lead up to the launch, is one of my favourite aspects of today's event.
大家广泛预测将在发布会上处于主导地位的个人助理功能是今天发布会上我最喜欢的一部分。
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。
You'll be able to lead up to excellence in life.
你的生命一定会走向卓越。
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。
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 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。