- 1前期；前奏（大事發生前的那段時間。台灣新聞更常直接說「選前」「賽前」）
The lead-up is the time before an important event, and the things people do in that time. In the lead-up to an exam, students study. In the lead-up to a wedding, families plan. News writers like the phrase “in the lead-up to…” It is the path, not the big day itself. British and Australian English use this noun a lot; American English often prefers buildup or run-up, though people will still understand lead-up. This lead sounds like “leed.”
這個字指重要事件之前的那段時間，以及人們在那段時間裡做的事。例句 「In the lead-up to an exam, students study」（考試前，學生在用功讀書），「In the lead-up to a wedding, families plan」（婚禮前，家人在規劃）。新聞寫作者很愛用 「in the lead-up to…」 這個說法。它指的是準備的過程，不是那個大日子本身。
英式和澳式英語常用這個字，美式英語則比較常說 buildup 或 run-up，不過大家也都聽得懂。字的讀音像 leed。
From the word’s history
Noun from the verb phrase lead up to.
由動詞片語 lead up to 變成的名詞。
組成A noun made from the verb phrase lead up to.
同家族的字
- leadthe verb in lead up to, not the metal
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
lead-upnoun
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An event, or sequence of events, that leads up to something; the period during which these events occur.
- Retailers get a lot more business in the lead-up to Christmas.
- While testing the stability of the exchange rate regime in the market is clearly important in the lead-up to adopting the euro, such a test is certainly possible in the context of a CBA: the current account position, the level of reserves, monetary aggregates, growth performance, and interest rates provide clear indications of whether exchange rates are at appropriate levels.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。