build-up

英 [ˈbɪld ʌp]

美 [ˈbɪld ʌp]

n.  逐步的增长; (重要事情的)准备期，准备过程; 宣扬; 鼓吹

复数：build-ups　

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牛津词典

noun

• 逐步的增长
  an increase in the amount of sth over a period of time
  1. a steady build-up of traffic in the evenings
     晚间逐渐繁忙的交通
• （重要事情的）准备期，准备过程
  the time before an important event, when people are preparing for it
  1. the build-up to the President's visit
     总统访问前的准备工作
• 宣扬；鼓吹
  a very positive and enthusiastic description of sth that is going to happen, that is intended to make people excited about it
  1. The media has given the show a huge build-up.
     传媒为这次演出大加造势。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 逐步的增长
  Abuild-upis a gradual increase in something.
  1. There has been a build-up of troops on both sides of the border...
     边境两边都在集结兵力。
  2. The disease can also cause a build up of pressure in the inner ear leading to severe earache.
     该疾病还会引起内耳的压力增加，从而导致剧烈的耳痛。
• N-COUNT （对某活动的）宣传，造舆论
  Thebuild-upto an event is the way that journalists, advertisers, or other people talk about it a lot in the period of time immediately before it, and try to make it seem important and exciting.
  1. We should wait at least until winter before we start the build-up to Christmas...
     我们至少要等到冬天再开始着力营造圣诞节的气氛。
  2. The exams came, almost an anticlimax after the build-up that the students had given them.
     在学生们一番忙碌准备之后，随之而来的考试却出乎意料地平淡。

双语例句

• Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body
  专家已把这一病症与体内毒素的积累联系起来。
• Now it's obvious that ethyl mercury's short half-life prevents toxic build-up from occurring.
  现在可明显看出，硫柳汞的短半衰期避免了毒性的积累并发生。
• This will loosen any build-up of protein or dirt on the lens.
  这样可以使沾在隐形眼镜上的任何蛋白质和污垢松动。
• Engineers have also vented steam from the plants to release a build-up of pressure.
  工程师们还排放了核电站产生的蒸汽，以释放积聚的压力。
• Diala GX absorbs the gas back into the oil, preventing gas build-up and minimising the danger of explosion.
  大雅纳GX系列将气体吸收到油中，从而防止气体增加，最大程度地降低了爆炸危险。
• The build-up of liquidity just reflects the fact that banks are hoarding funds to improve their balance sheets.
  流动性的累积不过反映了以下事实：各银行正在囤积资金，以改善自身的资产负债状况。
• The latest report repeated the last one's concerns about the secrecy of China's military build-up.
  最新一份报告上重申了上一份中对于中国进行秘密军事扩充的担忧。
• Unsteady testing for oil and gas well includes testing of drawdown curve and build-up curve.
  油井和气井的压力不稳定测试，包括压降曲线测试和压力恢复测试。
• In early April Georgia detected a build-up of Russian troops and equipment in the two breakaway regions.
  在四月初的乔治亚州在两个分离的地区就发现了一个俄罗斯军队和他们的设备。
• There has been a build-up of troops on both sides of the border
  边境两边都在集结兵力。