curtain-raiser

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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?，他們已?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。