preliminary

[pri'liminəri]

adj.初步的, 预备的, 开始的
n.初步行动,准备, 初步措施

例句与用法：

A preliminary draft or plan, as of a project or proposal.

草案初步的草案或计划，如工程或建议的草案

There are a lot of preliminaries to be gone through before you can visit a foreign country.

在出访外国之前要做好许多准备工作。

May I make a few preliminary remarks before we start the interview?

在我们开始面试之前，我先说几句话可以吗？

Our team got beaten in the preliminary rounds of the competition.

我们队在这次比赛的预赛中遭淘汰。

词形变化：

副词: preliminarily | 名词复数: preliminaries |

详细释义：

a.

预备的; 初步的; 序言(性)的; 开端的[B]

Preliminary arrangements have been made for the talks.

会谈的准备工作已经就绪。

n.[C]

1. 初步; 开端; 预备[P1]

He spent a long time on polite preliminaries.

开始时他的许多时间花在客套上。

2. 预考, 初试

3. 【体】预赛; 淘汰赛

These boxers did quite well to get through the preliminaries.

这些拳击运动员以相当出色的成绩通过了预赛。