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

• 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。
• 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。
• This debt build-up, by contrast, is in a time of relative peace.
  相反，当前的债务增长却出现在相对和平的时期。
• 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。
• Yet officials are very worried about the build-up in the industry.
  但政府官员对该行业的产能增长非常担心。
• For the global economy, the build-up of debt in China also poses a short-term risk.
  对于全球经济而言，中国债务的累积也带来了短期风险。
• 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。
• So, store-up, shore-up and build-up your energy reserve with a power nap.
  因此，一个有效的午睡就能存储、增加和积聚你的能量储备。
• Scientists hope a new approach to assessing carbon build-up in the atmosphere will simplify issues for policymakers and economists.
  科学家希望一种评估大气碳积累的新方法将为决策者和经济学家简化问题。
• 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。