lead tosth
—phrasal verbwithleadverbuk/liːd/us/liːd/led|leduk/led/us/led/
B2
If anactionoreventleadsto something, itcausesthat thing tohappenorexist.
导致，引起
Reducingspeedlimitsshouldleadto fewerdeathson theroads.降低限速可以减少交通死亡人数。
- Adietthat is high infatcanleadtoobesity.
- The firstchapterdescribesthestrangesequenceofeventsthatleadto hisdeath.
- Theallegations, iftrue, couldleadto herresignation.
- It isfearedthat thecivilunrestwe are nowwitnessingin thiscountrycouldleadtofull-scalecivilwar.
- Failure tokeepthechemicalat therighttemperaturecouldleadto anexplosion.
- Thelonghotsummerhasledtoseriouswatershortages.