lead up to something
phrasal verb with lead verb uk/liːd/ us/liːd/ led uk/led/ us/led/
(HAPPEN)
C2 为…作铺垫;是…的先导
If a period of time or series of events leads up to an event or activity, it happens until that event or activity begins.
The pilot had no recollection of the events leading up to the crash. 飞行员想不起飞机坠毁前发生了什么。
- More examples
- I was very anxious in the time leading up to the event.
- The moments leading up to the accident are very confused in my mind.
- What exactly led up to his resignation?
- They documented all the events leading up to the massacre.
- I was ill in the period leading up to the election.
(TALK)
缓慢过渡，慢慢引导
to prepare to talk about something by gradually mentioning the subject you want to talk about
He started telling me about a wonderful new restaurant he'd been to and I wondered what he was leading up to. 他开始跟我讲他去过的一家很棒的新餐馆，而我则在想他到底想要说什么。