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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Build-up and maintain the enterprise IT network and server.
  建立，维护企业IT网络和服务器。
• 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。
• 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。
• There has been a build-up of troops on both sides of the border
  边境两边都在集结兵力。
• 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。
• Excess cholesterol in blood may result in the build-up of fatty deposits in the blood vessels.
  血液里如果含有过量的胆固醇，会导致血管中的脂肪积聚。
• This will loosen any build-up of protein or dirt on the lens.
  这样可以使沾在隐形眼镜上的任何蛋白质和污垢松动。