lead的词组 [GRE：核心词组之lead,to]

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lead to 导致
　　释义
　　If something leads to a situation or event, usually an unpleasant one, it begins a process which causes that situation or event to happen.
　　例句
　　Racial prejudice among the republics could lead to civil war.
　　GRE
　　Ironically, the proper use of figurative language must be based on the denotative meaning of the words, because it is the failure to recognize this literal meaning that leads to mixed metaphors and their attendant incongruity.
　　充满讽刺意味的是，比喻性语言的恰当使用必须建立在理解单词确切含义的基础上，因为正是由于未能认识到单词的字面意思才导致混乱的比喻，因而造成比喻上的牛头不对马嘴。