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Since this summer they have defined their military “main effort” as the build-up of the Iraqi army and police.
自从今年夏天，他们就已将其军事方面的“主要努力”定位在伊拉克军队与警察的组建。
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，有饮酒习惯的受试者，其耳声发射就已减弱，不同的药物也会改变耳声发射的振幅，耳道感染或者耳垢堆积也一样。
However, any increase in surface build-up of gritty dust and dirt should be a warning for taking protective measures.
然而，任何地表沙粒和土尘堆积物的增加，即应当是要采取保护性措施的一种警报。

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.
构造原理原来自一个德国词汇,意思是基本的构造,建筑，或修建原则。
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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.
从而在体内建立起一个供应源,一个脂溶性维生素仓库,这样一来,相比起水溶性维生素,脂溶性维生素的浓度不会每天剧烈波动,因为机体可以任意取用体内的储存
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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.