curtain-raiser
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?k??.t?n?re?.z?r]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?k??.t??n?re?.z?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.開場(chǎng)短劇
- (事件的)引子.
英漢例句
- For Americans Pearl Harbor was the curtain raiser for World War II.
對(duì)美國(guó)人而言,珍珠港事件是第二次世界大戰(zhàn)的序幕。 - For it was as the curtain raiser for society debutantes that Almack's was famous.
集中營(yíng)之所以著名,因?yàn)閷?duì)初次社交來說它就像是的一個(gè)開場(chǎng)戲。 - China seems to feel unusually bold before the Summer Olympics, seen here as a curtain raiser for the nation's ascent to pre-eminence in the world.
奧運(yùn)會(huì)臨近,中國(guó)似乎顯得異乎尋常地勇猛,視之為躋身世界強(qiáng)國(guó)舞臺(tái)的開場(chǎng)戲。 - Unfortunately for Espanyol, the match will almost certainly be a curtain raiser to life in the second division, unless they can pull of a miraculous recovery in the latter stages of this season.
很不幸的是這個(gè)賽季西班牙人戰(zhàn)績(jī)?cè)愀猓麄円呀?jīng)身處降級(jí)邊緣,除非后半程他們會(huì)迎頭趕上,否則他們將會(huì)落入降級(jí)命運(yùn)。 - Let us now suppose resolutions and nominating speeches dispatched,and the curtain raised for the third act of the convention.
現(xiàn)在讓我們?cè)O(shè)想一下:決議通過了,提名演講作過了,代表大會(huì)的第三幕已經(jīng)開場(chǎng)了。
英英字典
- a short play sometimes performed before the main play