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 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。
• Build-up and maintain the enterprise IT network and server.
  建立，维护企业IT网络和服务器。
• Now it's obvious that ethyl mercury's short half-life prevents toxic build-up from occurring.
  现在可明显看出，硫柳汞的短半衰期避免了毒性的积累并发生。
• There has been a build-up of troops on both sides of the border
  边境两边都在集结兵力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。