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

• In Bangladesh, where nearly half of the population lives on less than a dollar a day, prices of basic foodstuffs and commodities have seen a spike in the lead-up to Ramadan.
  在孟加拉国，几乎一半的人口每天的生活水平低于一美元，粮食和日用品的基本价格使斋月到来受挫。
• 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 drop was far below the 83 reading that analysts had forecast and put the index at its lowest level since February 2003, a period that reflected anxiety in the lead-up to the Iraq war.
  这一数字远远低于分析师此前预期的83，并令该指数处于2003年2月份以来的最低水平，当时反映出了美伊战争前夕消费者的焦虑。
• BP acted with wilful misconduct in the lead-up to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the US government has alleged at the start of the trial over the accident, as it pushes for the highest possible penalties and damages.
  美国政府指控英国石油（BP）在2010年墨西哥湾原油泄漏事故发生之前，存在故意失当行为，并争取法庭对BP处以最高数额的罚款和损害赔偿金。
• Rovers boss Mark Hughes was disappointed the officials did not give a hand ball in the lead-up to Kalou's goal.
  布莱克本流浪者足球俱乐部梅克·休斯对导致卡卢进球的传球未被裁判判为手球而感到不满。
• He adds that it is sold into supermarkets and that he is negotiating for it to sit near the tills at a leading bookstore in the lead-up to Christmas.
  他补充道，这本书已在超市上架，他正在与一家主要书店洽谈，想让书店在圣诞节前把这本书放在收银台旁的书架上销售。
• 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。
• In the lead-up the UN meeting, the Russian Federation and WHO are organizing the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and NCDs Control in Moscow on28-29 April.
  在联合国会议之前，俄罗斯联邦和世卫组织将于4月28-29日在莫斯科组织第一次健康生活方式和非传染性疾病控制问题全球部长级会议。
• While acknowledging the lack of complete data to conduct the analysis, the ofr report had, I thought, some useful observations about things asset managers do that are frighteningly similar to the kinds of things that banks did in the lead-up to the financial crisis.
  虽然OFR的报告缺少足够的数据，不那么让人信服，但是，如果仔细分析下资产管理公司，我们就会不寒而栗地发现，他们和当年金融危机中的银行业如此相像。
• 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。