preliminaries

英 [prɪˈlɪmɪnəriz]

美 [prɪˈlɪməˌnɛriz]

n.  初步行动(或活动); 预备性措施
preliminary的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 预备的；初步的
  Preliminaryactivities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation.
  1. Preliminary results show the Republican party with 11 percent of the vote...
     初步结果显示共和党获得了11%的选票。
  2. Preliminary talks on the future of the bases began yesterday.
     昨天开始了关于基地未来的初步讨论。
• N-COUNT 准备工作；初步行动
  Apreliminaryis something that you do at the beginning of an activity, often as a form of preparation.
  1. It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries...
     准备工作大概花了10分钟。
  2. A background check is normally a preliminary to a presidential appointment.
     总统任命前通常要进行背景审查的准备工作。
• N-COUNT 预赛；初赛；初试
  Apreliminaryis the first part of a competition to see who will go on to the main competition.
  1. The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final.
     每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。

双语例句

• After a few polite preliminaries, we stated our main ideas.
  几句开场白后，我们陈述了主要观点。
• Normally they swim preliminaries in the morning and finals in the evening.
  通常游泳运动员上午参加预赛，晚上参加决赛。
• She began speaking intensely, without preliminaries.
  她一句客套话都没讲就开始热切地说起来。
• You all know why I am here. So I won't waste time on preliminaries.
  你们都知道我来这里的目的。所以我就闲话少说了。
• They are likewise known for brief but intense relationships with their kin, for you don't have time for protracted preliminaries when tomorrow will see you far away.
  他们同样因为与亲属短暂但是热烈的关系而出名，以至于你还没有时间拖延或者准备他们已经走了。
• Ater a few preliminaries he told me in precise and formal detail the story set out below.
  在略为寒暄之后，他严谨详细地告诉我下面的事。
• China was in third place after the preliminaries which were dominated by the Russians and Romanians.
  预赛后中国名列第三，而俄国和罗马尼亚队则在预赛中占绝对优势。
• The preliminaries are being held here in three days.
  初试还有三天就要在这里举行。
• The political belief in the good-naturedness is his preliminaries and premises of his political philosophy.
  善本自由的政治信念是他政治哲学的基本前提和价值取向；
• He got through the preliminaries but lost out in the finals.
  他通过了预赛，但在决赛中输掉了。