鸣锣开道 prepare the public for a coming event
pave the way for
- 你为什么请他到家里作客? 这好象是在给坏蛋鸣锣开道呢。
Why do you invite him to your house? It looks like holding a candle to the devil. - 对那些文学的赝品,我们只能拒绝它们,不要去吹捧它们,更不必制造煞有介事的理论依据为它们鸣锣开道。
We should reject the counterfeit literature, not boost it or create any imaginary theory to cut a road for it. - 经济伦理的现实目标是为信用制度的建立鸣锣开道,理想目标是促成经济活动的道德合理性。
The actual aim of economical ethics is to help to bring about construction of trust system, and the ideal aim of economical ethics is to facilitate economical action rational in ethical valuation.