work-up period

基本解释

Results During the follow-up period of 2-18 months, all patients resumed a normal life and work, with no recurrence.
結果隨訪2～18個月，所有患者均恢複正常生活和工作，無1例複發。
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The ammonia compressor is core equipment in the ammonia purification system. Its operation situation directly decides if the system is safely operated in longer work-up period.
氨壓機是氮精制系統的核心設備，其運行工況的優劣直接決定著整個系統能否長周期安全運行。
Methods65 injured workers joined a 2.8-month (on average) training program by applying the BTE PRIMUS work simulated training system, with six-month follow up period after discharge.
方法應用BTE PRIMUS職業模擬系統對65名工傷職工進行平均2.8個月的職業模擬訓練，出院後對再就業情況跟蹤調查6個月。

But instead of dropping price improvement or addressing customer problems, Lutnick slapped BrokerTec with a suit, claiming it had violated eSpeed's patents on such bond-trading conventions as the "work-up" (a practice that gave a trader, buying or selling at a given price, the right to execute all trading at that price until he's done) and "trading time" (the grace period a trader has to act under a work-up).
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Continuing to chew after the warm-up period seems to have required too much jaw-work, and burning more energy negated the benefits.
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