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。
• 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。
• 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；
• England was lucky to get through the preliminaries.
  英格兰队幸运地通过了预选赛。
• These preliminaries over, the three began to talk.
  序幕演完了，三个人开始谈天。
• He spent a long time on polite preliminaries.
  开始时他的许多时间花在客套上。
• 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。
• 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。
• The speaker took a short cut to his subject by omitting all the preliminaries to his lecture.
  演讲人没有讲开场白，就直截了当地讲他的题目。
• 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。