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

• A large amount of shoreline erosion and build-up occurs during the year due to storms and high winds.
  由于暴风雨和大风的作用，终年都在发生大量的滨线浸蚀和海岸的塑造。
• These are targeted measures that help prevent bubbles and the build-up of financial imbalances.
  这些目标明确的措施能够帮助防止泡沫产生和金融体系失衡状况的加剧。
• But analysts warned that the build-up reflected in part refineries going into seasonal maintenance.
  但分析师们警告称，库存增加在一定程度上反映炼油厂进入季节性的维修。
• 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。
• 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。
• So it has been with the build-up of pressures on the eurozone system.
  欧元体系的问题也经过了长时间的积累。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。