run-up

英 [ˈrʌn ʌp]

美 [ˈrʌn ʌp]

n.  (重要事情的)前期; 准备阶段; 准备; 助跑; 助跑距离

复数：run-ups　

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牛津词典

noun

• （重要事情的）前期；准备阶段；准备
  a period of time leading up to an important event; the preparation for this
  1. an increase in spending in the run-up to Christmas
     圣诞节前花费的增加
  2. during the run-up to the election
     在选举前的准备阶段
• 助跑；助跑距离
  the act of running or the distance you run, to gain speed before you jump a long distance, throw a ball, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 前奏;预备期
  The run-up toan event is the period of time just before it.
  1. The issue of the monarchy is complicating politics in the run-up to the elections...
     就在选举拉开序幕前，君主政体的问题使政局变得复杂起来。
  2. The company believes the products will sell well in the run-up to Christmas.
     公司相信在圣诞节前这些产品的销路会不错。
• N-COUNT (投掷、跳高、跳远等之前的)助跑
  In sport, arun-upis the run made by a player or athlete, for example before throwing a ball or a javelin, or before jumping.
  1. When I began to compete again, I was struggling with my run-up.
     当我重新参赛后，我要解决助跑这一项。

英英释义

noun

• the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed
• a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time
  1. a runup in interest rates
  2. market runups are followed by corrections
  Synonym:runup

双语例句

• China holds its athletes to strict standards of conduct in the run-up to the Olympic Games.
  在备战奥运期间，国家对现役运动员进行了较为严格的管理。
• There is no run-up for throwing events while jumping events require an approach run.
  投掷项目不用助跑，而跳跃项目需要助跑。
• Imagine that these events occurred in the run-up to the next presidential election.
  想象一下，如果这些事情发生在下届总统大选前会怎样吧。
• Did the economy at least benefit from the run-up in leverage?
  英国经济从债务杠杆的飙升中获得最起码的好处了吗？
• Unemployment has not been this stubbornly high in the run-up to an election since the1940s.
  选战前的失业率也创造了自上个世纪四十年代以来的新高；
• They will cut taxes in the run-up to the election.
  在竞选的预备阶段，他们将减少税收。
• That was a sharp contrast to the run-up to the Chinese New Year holidays in 2011 and 2012 when the repo rate quickly doubled before eventually falling back.
  这与2011年和2012年春节之前形成了鲜明的对比，当时的回购利率急速升高了一倍，之后才有所回落。
• But with massive construction delays in the run-up to the event, that message seems to sound increasingly hollow.
  但鉴于世界杯准备阶段出现了大规模的建设工期延误，这种讯息听起来似乎越来越空洞。
• They acquitted themselves poorly in the run-up to Enron's collapse in2001.
  在2001年安然倒闭的前夕，他们以很拙劣的借口脱罪了。
• I hope the voices of young people will be heard at the Summit and in the run-up to it.
  我希望在首脑会议上及其筹备阶段中听到青年人的声音。