preliminary

🇬🇧/prɪˈlɪmɪnəri/ 🇺🇸/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/📚 4444 2四级六级考研托福雅思
Preliminary activities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation. 初步的

adjective [原级]初步的,预备的

Preliminary results show the Republican Party with 11 percent of the vote.
初步结果显示共和党得到11%的选票。

noun [抽象名词]初步行动,准备工作;预赛,预试

You all know why I am here. So I won't waste time on preliminaries.
你们都知道我为什么在这里。所以我就不浪费时间讲客套话了。

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Lesson 44 Patterns of culture preliminary 形容词: 初步的
pre(前) + limin(门槛; 限制) + ary → 入门前 → 初步的; 预备的
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It was agreed that another round of preliminary talks would be held in Beijing. 商定了又一轮预备会谈将在北京举行。