curtain-raiser

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For Americans Pearl Harbor was the curtain raiser for World War II.
对美国人而言,珍珠港事件是第二次世界大战的序幕。
For it was as the curtain raiser for society debutantes that Almack's was famous.
集中营之所以著名，因为对初次社交来说它就像是的一个开场戏。
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.
奥运会临近，中国似乎显得异乎寻常地勇猛，视之为跻身世界强国舞台的开场戏。
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.
很不幸的是这个赛季西班牙人战绩糟糕，他们已经身处降级边缘，除非后半程他们会迎头赶上，否则他们将会落入降级命运。
Let us now suppose resolutions and nominating speeches dispatched,and the curtain raised for the third act of the convention.
现在让我们设想一下：决议通过了，提名演讲作过了，代表大会的第三幕已经开场了。