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。
• There has been a build-up of troops on both sides of the border in recent weeks.
  最近几周边境两侧都集结了大量部队。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our campus is the place to start, build-up of our love for it.
  校园是我们的开始的地方，它集结着我们对它的爱。
• 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。
• 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。
• They discharge the material slug from the center of the punch as well as prevent debris build-up.
  他们排放的物质从冲床中心弹头以及防止碎片积累。
• Establishing more bilateral transactions may also reduce the build-up of dollar assets and reduce reliance on the greenback.
  建立更多的双边交易，可能也会减少美元资产的累积，并降低对美元的依赖。
• The build-up of heavy industry in this country is a very interesting story.
  这个国家的重工业发展过程非常的有趣。