1.逐步的增长
Abuild-up is a gradual increase in something.
e.g. There has been abuild-up of troops on both sides of the border...
边境两边都在集结兵力。
e.g. 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。
2.(对某活动的)宣传,造舆论
Thebuild-up to 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.
e.g. We should wait at least until winter before we start thebuild-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。
e.g. The exams came, almost an anticlimax after thebuild-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。