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

• 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。
• 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）。
• Rovers boss Mark Hughes was disappointed the officials did not give a hand ball in the lead-up to Kalou's goal.
  布莱克本流浪者足球俱乐部梅克·休斯对导致卡卢进球的传球未被裁判判为手球而感到不满。
• 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。
• 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。
• The lead-up to the wedding was extremely interesting.
  婚礼的前奏非常有意思。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。”