彩排

These elections, you could almost say, are a dress rehearsal for the real elections.

你几乎可以说，这些选举是真正选举前的一次彩排。

A few weeks after this positive dress rehearsal, the young lawyer did win.

在这次积极向上的总彩排之后过了几周，这名年轻的律师确实赢得了官司。

At a dress rehearsal the actors wear the clothes they will wear in the performance.

彩排时演员们都穿上正式演出时的服装。

The audience behaved indecorously as if the concert were an informal dress rehearsal.

这些观众举止随便，仿佛这场音乐会是一场非正式的彩排。

Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date.

许多人的生活好像是某个未来日子的彩排。