an increase in spending in the run-up to Christmas
圣诞节前花费的增加
during the run-up to the election
在选举前的准备阶段
1.起转
2.抬高
3.试运行
4.助跑
1.起转
2.抬高
3.试运行
4.助跑
1.a run that someone makes before jumping, throwing a ball, etc.
1.You only need a problem at one or two of the major projects under development and you could get a very sharp run up in prices.
只消一、两个大型开发项目遇到问题，铀价就可能出现非常猛烈的上涨。
2.Investors here say there is no good explanation for Tuesday's stock plunge in Shanghai, or for that matter, today's huge run-up in prices.
这里的投资者说无法清楚地解释周二上海的股票跌水，同样也无法理解今天股价的大幅长扬。
3.Bond markets continued to gyrate Thursday after a sharp run-up in 10-year Treasury yields the day before.
继美国国债收益率周三大幅上扬后，债券市场的收益率周四仍在高位徘徊。
4.As he speaks, children run up to the cars of volunteers, who stop and hand them food and water bottles through the windows.
正当他说话时，小孩们朝志愿者的汽车飞跑过去，那些汽车停下来，里面的人从窗户里给他们递出食物和瓶装水。
5.At times in the run up to the G20 gathering of world leaders in London on Thursday April 2nd it looked as if history might be repeated.
在20国领导人峰会即将在伦敦于四月二日周四召开的前夕，情况时常看起来让人觉得似乎历史将有可能重演。
6.In fact, ABC News tried a version of this at least once before in the run up to an election year, partnering with Facebook in 2007.
事实上，美国广播公司新闻网也尝试过往这个方向发展，至少我们可以回想起它此前曾在美国大选之年2007年和Facebook合作过。
7.Russia's liberals argue that the rapid growth is largely due to windfalls from the run-up in world prices of Russia's oil and gas exports.
俄罗斯自由派说这种快速增长很大程度上是俄罗斯从石油和天然气出口价格飙升那里捡了个便宜。
8.Public trials for both Mr Rangel and Ms Waters are the last thing Democrats want in the run-up to the much feared mid-term elections.
随着令人担心的中期选举的临近，兰戈尔先生和沃特斯女士的公开审判绝对不是民主党人所乐意看到的。
9.The size of protection on the U. K. has roughly doubled since the year began, a move that far outpaces the run-up in Greek CDS last fall.
自今年年初以来，防范英国违约的CDS规模大约已经翻了一倍，远远超过去年秋季希腊CDS的增加速度。
10.In the run-up to the Christmas season, Thompson decided to do some research into what the Star of Bethlehem could have been.
在圣诞季的前夕，汤普森决定对伯利恒之星的起源进行一些研究。