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单词 lead to sth
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lead to sth

phrasal verb with lead uk/liːd/us/liːd/verb led, led uk/led/us

B2 If an action or event leads to something, it causes that thing to happen or exist:

Reducing speed limits should lead to fewer deaths on the roads.

More examples

  • A diet that is high in fat can lead to obesity.
  • The first chapter describes the strange sequence of events that lead to his death.
  • The allegations, if true, could lead to her resignation.
  • It is feared that the civil unrest we are now witnessing in this country could lead to full-scale civil war.
  • Failure to keep the chemical at the right temperature could lead to an explosion.
  • The long hot summer has led to serious water shortages.

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Causing things to happen

  • -ization
  • -ize
  • actuate
  • actuation
  • agent
  • awaken (sth) in sb
  • be associated with sth
  • beget
  • draw
  • fuel
  • instigate
  • instigator
  • introduce
  • lie
  • plant
  • produce
  • rise
  • usher sth in
  • wreak
  • wrought

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lead to sth

phrasal verb with lead uk/liːd/usverb led /led/, led /led/

if an action or event leads to something, it makes that thing happen or exist:

Higher demand for goods and services leads to higher imports from abroad.
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