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 the lead-up to the visit those spectators are likely to have been reminded of William's first visit to Australia, when he was brought by his proud parents back in 1983 at roughly the same age as George is now.
  这次出游的前奏是观众可能会想起威廉第一次到访澳大利亚的情形。1983年他那自豪的父母带着他来到澳大利亚，当时他和乔治差不多大。
• 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 wedding was extremely interesting.
  婚礼的前奏非常有意思。
• 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。
• Twice in the lead-up to the Olympics they sealed up the area and searched revellers for drugs.
  在奥运前夕，警察已经两次封闭该地区搜查吸毒者。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。