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，因為對初次社交來說它就像是的一個開場戲。
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.
奧運會臨近，中國似乎顯得異乎尋常地勇猛，視之為躋身世界強國舞臺的開場戲。
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.
很不幸的是這個賽季西班牙人戰(zhàn)績糟糕，他們已經(jīng)身處降級邊緣，除非后半程他們會迎頭趕上，否則他們將會落入降級命運。
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，提名演講作過了，代表大會的第三幕已經(jīng)開場了。