lead-up

英 [liːd ʌp]

美 [liːd ʌp]

n.  先声; 前导; 前奏

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 先声；前导；前奏
  Thelead-up toan event is the things connected to that event that happen before it.
  1. The lead-up to the wedding was extremely interesting.
     婚礼的前奏非常有意思。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 run-up

双语例句

• Khattar Abou Diab, who teaches political science at the University of Paris, argues that the violence is a sign of tensions in the lead-up to the planned, U.
  巴黎大学政治科学教师KhattarAbouDiab辩称，暴力活动是美国计划在今年年底之前全面撤军造成的紧张形势的标志。
• Legaff: As I have said countless times over the past few days, what we are seeing is the investment the Chinese team made in the pool in the lead-up to Beijing ( Sun Yang being another who has benefited from their investment).
  之前几天我就说过无数次了，我们看到的是中国队在北京的准备期间，为他们的游泳项目大力投入（孙杨也是这些投入的另一受益者）。
• They warn that the measure, if implemented in its current form, will cause shortages of basic items, such as bras, and hurt sales in the lead-up to Christmas, their busiest season.
  它们警告称，如果政府以目前的形式执行这一措施，将会导致文胸等基本物品短缺，并打击圣诞节前的销售，而圣诞是零售商们最忙碌的季节。
• Extensive regional consultations that took place in the lead-up to GCARD will bring some of their views to the fore.
  在GCARD之前进行的广泛的区域磋商将为会议带来它们的一些见解。
• Governments have been responding in a co-ordinated fashion and will continue this work in the lead-up to the summit of the group of 20 leading economies.
  各国政府一直在以协同的方式做出回应，在20国集团（g20）峰会召开前还将继续这样做。
• More public burnings will be held in the lead-up to World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, said Xinhua, the official news agency.
  在4月26日的世界知识产权日到来之前，还将进行更多公开销毁活动，官方新闻机构新华社说。
• The lead-up to the race war intensifies and inmates of all colors prep their weapons.
  种族战争的导火索在一步步的加强，各种肤色的囚犯都在准备武器。
• Lehman Brothers, for example, was accused by David Einhorn, the hedge fund manager, of overstating the value of its balance sheet in the lead-up to its collapse in 2008.
  例如，对冲基金经理戴维艾因霍恩（davideinhorn）指责雷曼兄弟在2008年公司倒闭前夕夸大其账面价值。
• The international media showed intense interest in Hong Kong in the lead-up to, and during, the handover.
  对于在回归前及回归期间的香港，国际传媒尤为关注。
• The lead-up to tonight's boxing match has seem the usual war of nerves in the press.
  新闻界一贯的神经战已经成为今晚拳击赛的前奏。