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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.”
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」）
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，原文照列，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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。