| 释义 |
preliminary/priˈlimin(ə)ri/ adj., n. & adv.●adj. introductory, preparatory 初步的，预备性的 ●n. (pl. -ies) (usu. in pl. 通常用复数) 1 a preliminary action or arrangement 初步行动，初步安排 dispense with the preliminaries 免除了开始前的程序 2 a preliminary trial or contest 预试，预赛 3 (in pl. 用复数) = PRELIM 2 ●adv. (foll. by 后跟 to) preparatory to; in advance of 作为…的预备，在…的前面 was completed preliminary to the main event 在重大事件之前完成 □ preliminarily adv.[modern Latin praeliminaris or French préliminaire (as PRE-, Latin limen liminis ‘threshold’)] |