build-up
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A build-up is a gradual increase in something. 逐渐增加
There has been a build-up of troops on both sides of the border. 边境两边的军队都在逐渐增兵。
2. N-COUNT The build-up to 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. 大肆宣传
The exams came, almost an anticlimax after the build-up that the students had given them. 在学生们一番大造声势之后，随之而来的考试却出乎意料地平淡。
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build-up (also build up) (build-ups)
剑桥词典
build-up noun [C usually singular] (INCREASE)
an increase , especially one that is gradual
增强，加强；增大
The build-up of troops in the region makes war seem more likely . 在这一地区集结军队加大了战争爆发的可能性。
build-up noun [C usually singular] (PRAISE)
a situation in which someone or something is praised , advertised , or talked about on the internet, in newspapers , etc.
赞扬；吹捧
The group got a big build-up before their tour , being touted by many as the next Beatles. 在巡回演出前对该乐队进行了大规模的宣传，许多人将其吹捧为新一代甲壳虫乐队。
build-up noun [C usually singular] (PREPARATION)
UKthe period of preparation before something happens
事前准备期
There was a lot of excitement in the build-up to the Olympics. 奥运的前期准备工作中有许多让人激动的事。 返回 build-up