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 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。
• 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。
• 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 lead-up to the wedding was extremely interesting.
  婚礼的前奏非常有意思。
• 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。”
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• New Inquiries About Lead-up Method: a Motor Learning Perspective
  诱导式教学法新探&运动技能学视角
• 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。