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curtain-raiser
(大事发生前的)小事.
(球赛等的)开幕戏.
1、window curtain ─── n.窗帘
2、fund raiser ─── n.资金筹集人;资金筹集活动
3、curtain rail ─── 窗帘导轨
4、door curtain ─── 门帘
5、shower curtain ─── 浴帘;浴盆帘
6、livestock raiser ─── 牲畜饲养者
7、curtain ─── vt.遮蔽;装上门帘;n.幕;窗帘
8、curtain call ─── n.谢幕,要求演员谢幕的掌声和呼声
9、what curtain ─── 什么窗帘
1、An Under-21 game between England and Italy was the
curtain-raiser
at the revamped stadium. ─── 英格兰和意大利的U21比赛成为新球场的首秀。
2、Those attacks, which killed 224 and wounded 5, 000, were the
curtain-raiser
for the war on terror. ─── 事件导致224人死亡,5000人受伤,并由此拉开了反恐战争的序幕。
3、It was the
curtain-raiser
for the Melbourne Cup, the countrys most famous horse race, set to start on November 1st. ─── 该国最著名的赛马比赛墨尔本杯(MelbourneCup)揭幕战预定于11月1日举行。
4、The three-race series will be a
curtain-raiser
to the Monaco Grand Prix in May. ─── 这三场系列赛将为五月的摩纳哥大奖赛拉开序幕。
5、Arsenal could be without other squad members for the
curtain-raiser
at Liverpool on Sunday but they are only minor problems. ─── 周日对阵利物浦的比赛,阿森纳的大部分球员可以出战,但是他们仍然有一些小问题。
6、Two years after the event, Ongs second cross-cultural work Desdemona was made the
curtain-raiser
of the Arts Festival. ─── 两年后,王景生的第二个跨文化作品《苔丝德蒙娜》,荣列艺术开幕节目。
7、The Gunners first took part in the traditional
curtain-raiser
to the English season in 1930, beating Sheffield Wednesday at Stamford Bridge. ─── 枪手第一次参加这项作为英格兰赛季揭幕战的传统赛事,在斯坦福桥击败了谢周三队。
8、But she too worries, lest the incident "become a
curtain-raiser
for other curtailments. " ─── 但她也担心此事件将“拉开限制新闻出版自由的序幕。”
9、IT WAS a
curtain-raiser
for the battle to come. ─── 这是一场战役开始前的序曲。
The three-race series will be a
curtain-raiser
to the Monaco Grand Prix in May.
The Presidents address tonight from the Oval Office is a
curtain-raiser
for the economic policy message set for delivery to Congress on Wednesday.