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

• The1-meter diving board preliminaries of the Seventh World Swimming Championship were held here this morning.
  第七届世界游泳锦标赛男子1米跳板预赛今天上午在这里举行。
• 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。
• The preliminaries are being held here in three days.
  初试还有三天就要在这里举行。
• I think Thailand were the "Dark Horse" of this year's World Grand Prix preliminaries.
  我觉得泰国是前几轮比赛的黑马。
• Baking Preliminaries: 20 minutes before baking time, put a rack in the lower third of the oven;
  烘烤准备：烘烤前20分钟的时候，把机架放在微波炉高度三分之一的地方；
• 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。
• The instructor took it for granted that no preliminaries were needed.
  教练员当然地认为不需要任何开场白。
• There are a lot of preliminaries to be gone through before you can visit China.
  你在去访问中国之前有许多准备工作要做。
• 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。