preliminary
preliminary 英 [prɪˈlɪmɪnəri] 美 [prɪˈlɪmɪneri]
n. 准备；预赛；初步措施 adj. 初步的；开始的；预备的
名词复数:preliminaries
- Preliminary means something that comes before something else. If you want to run in the race, you have to place in the top third of the preliminary round. It can also mean "early"––the preliminary results are in, and you've won!
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- n. 准备；预赛；初步措施
- adj. 初步的；开始的；预备的
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1. After a few preliminary remarks he announced the winners.
说了几句开场白之后，他即宣布优胜者名单。
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2. preliminary results, preliminary findings, preliminary enquiries
初步结果╱发现╱调查
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3. the preliminary rounds of the contest
预赛
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4. pilot studies preliminary to a full-scale study
全面研究前的试验性初步研究
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5. Research will be needed as a preliminary to taking a decision.
做决定之前需要进行研究。
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6. I'll skip the usual preliminaries and come straight to the point.
闲话少说，我就直接进入正题。
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7. England was lucky to get through the preliminaries .
英格兰队幸运地通过了预选赛。
- preliminary (adj.) 1660s, from French préliminaire and directly from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, from Latin prae "before" (see pre-) + limen (genitive liminis) "threshold" (see limit (n.)). A word that arose in reference to painstaking diplomatic negotiations to end the Thirty Years' War. Earliest attested form in English is preliminaries (n.), 1650s.
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