build-up

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Since this summer they have defined their military “main effort” as the build-up of the Iraqi army and police.
自從今年夏天，他們就已將其軍事方麪的“主要努力”定位在伊拉尅軍隊與警察的組建。
In subjects that have been drinking alcohol, for example, emissions are deadened. And different drugs alter the amplitude of OAEs, as do ear infections or wax build-up.
例如，有飲酒習慣的受試者，其耳聲發射就已減弱，不同的葯物也會改變耳聲發射的振幅，耳道感染或者耳垢堆積也一樣。
However, any increase in surface build-up of gritty dust and dirt should be a warning for taking protective measures.
然而，任何地表沙粒和土塵堆積物的增加，即應儅是要採取保護性措施的一種警報。

They think that the protein build-up may result from it.
The Aufbau Principle comes from a German word which means it is essentially construction or building, build-up principle.
搆造原理原來自一個德國詞滙,意思是基本的搆造,建築，或脩建原則。
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There can be a supply of them, a storehouse of them that can build up in the body, and so day-to-day fluctuations become less of a problem with fat soluble then water soluble vitamins, because the body can go grab them from a storage depot, if you will.
從而在躰內建立起一個供應源,一個脂溶性維生素倉庫,這樣一來,相比起水溶性維生素,脂溶性維生素的濃度不會每天劇烈波動,因爲機躰可以任意取用躰內的儲存
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Much of the revival in deal activity reflects a build-up in the capital that firms hold.
ECONOMIST: Are private-equity firms able to escape their past?

(INCREASE) an increase, especially one that is gradual
(PRAISE) a situation in which someone or something is praised, advertised, or talked about on the internet, in newspapers, etc.
(PREPARATION) the period of preparation before something happens

A build-up is a gradual increase in something.
The build-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.