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

• 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。
• 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。
• The lead-up to the wedding was extremely interesting.
  婚礼的前奏非常有意思。
• 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。
• After all, it had been well over five years since the lead-up to the financial crisis.
  毕竟，从全球金融危机前夕到现在已经过去五年多了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。