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.
结果随访2～18个月，所有患者均恢复正常生活和工作，无1例复发。
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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.
氨压机是氮精制系统的核心设备，其运行工况的优劣直接决定着整个系统能否长周期安全运行。
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.
方法应用BTE PRIMUS职业模拟系统对65名工伤职工进行平均2.8个月的职业模拟训练，出院后对再就业情况跟踪调查6个月。

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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