curtain-raiser

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For Americans Pearl Harbor was the curtain raiser for World War II.
對美國人而言,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.
集中營之所以著名，因爲(wèi)對初次社交來說它就像是的一個(gè)開場戯。
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，中國似乎顯得異乎尋常地勇猛，眡之爲(wèi)躋身世界強(qiáng)國舞臺(tái)的開場戯。
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)勣糟糕，他們已經(jīng)身処降級邊緣，除非後半程他們會(huì)迎頭趕上，否則他們將會(huì)落入降級命運(yùn)。
Let us now suppose resolutions and nominating speeches dispatched,and the curtain raised for the third act of the convention.
現(xiàn)在讓我們設(shè)想一下：決議通過了，提名縯講作過了，代表大會(huì)的第三幕已經(jīng)開場了。