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

• 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。
• Streaks or die lines: these are generally caused by build-up in the die or damage to the die.
  条纹或冲模生产线：这通常是造成建立冲模和破坏冲模的原因。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A build-up of strain on a section of the San Andreas Fault has been detected.
  已经勘测到圣安德烈亚斯断层的其中一处所承受的拉力在增强。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。