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

• British Prime Minister Tony blair, bush's closest ally in the war on iraq, is given prominence for waxing lyrical in appropriately Shakespearean tones in the lead-up to the conflict: "this is not the time to falter."
  英国首相托尼布莱尔是布什在伊拉克战争中最亲密的盟友。他那恰到好处的莎士比亚语调使其战争动员的演讲带有抒情诗的韵味。他说：“现在不是踌躇徘徊的时刻。”
• The lead-up to the wedding was extremely interesting.
  婚礼的前奏非常有意思。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Li confirmed she had some doubts earlier this year about continuing her career after losing at the Aegon International tournament in the lead-up to Wimbledon.
  李娜表示，今年早些时候输掉Aegon国际赛之后，她确实对继续自己的职业生涯存在一些疑问。
• THE PROBLEM: You may be experiencing the menopause, perimenopause ( the lead-up to the menopause) or pre-menstrual tension.
  问题所在：你可能到了更年期，遇到了停经期前症候，或者是经前焦虑。
• 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。
• 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。
• But drawing attention to China's role in the lead-up to the crisis seems not very welcome there.
  不过，将注意力引向中国在引发经济危机中的作用看起来会在那里不那么受欢迎。