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单词 preliminary
释义
preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us
/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
C1
coming before a moreimportantactionorevent,especiallyintroducingorpreparingfor it:
初步的，起始的；预备的
Preliminaryresultsshow that thevaccineiseffective, but this has to beconfirmedbyfurthermedicaltrials.初查结果表明疫苗是有效的，但这有待于进一步医学实验的证实。
We'vedecidedtochangethedesignbasedonourpreliminaryfindings.我们决定依据初步调查的结果对设计方案进行更改。
More examples
  • The preliminaryresultsare verypositive.
  • Our preliminaryfindingssuggestanincreasedriskfor thoseagedover 60.
  • Jackson isperformingwell in the preliminarystagesof thecompetition.
  • The twoofficialswill bemeetingtoday inordertoestablisha preliminaryagreement.
  • I'd like to make a few preliminaryremarksbefore webeginthediscussion.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preceding and introducing
  • announce
  • antedate
  • beat
  • build(someone/something)up
  • countdown
  • curtain-raiser
  • emcee
  • forerunner
  • introduce
  • introduction
  • introductory
  • lead
  • lead up tosomething
  • lead-in
  • predecessor
  • preface
  • prelude
  • reintroduce
  • review
  • runsomethingup
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preliminary
noun[Cusually plural]
uk
/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us
/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
aneventoractionthatintroducesorpreparesfor somethingelse:
开端活动，初步行动
After a fewpolitepreliminaries(=introductions), westatedourmainideasandintentions.几句开场白后，我们陈述了我方的主要观点和意图。
TheFrenchteamfinishedfirst in thecompetitionpreliminaries(= the firstpartof thecompetition).法国队在预赛中名列第一。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preceding and introducing
  • announce
  • antedate
  • beat
  • build(someone/something)up
  • countdown
  • curtain-raiser
  • emcee
  • forerunner
  • introduce
  • introduction
  • introductory
  • lead
  • lead up tosomething
  • lead-in
  • predecessor
  • preface
  • prelude
  • reintroduce
  • review
  • runsomethingup
See more results »
(Definition ofpreliminaryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

preliminary| American Dictionary

preliminary
adjective[not gradable]
us
/prɪˈlɪm·əˌner·i/
coming before a moreimportantactionorevent,esp.introducingorpreparingfor it:
preliminarytalks
a preliminaryinvestigation
The preliminaryroundsofnegotiationwent well.

preliminary

noun[Cusually pl]us
/prɪˈlɪm·əˌner·i/
Hertimeof 12:32 took foursecondsoff themarkshe set in Friday’spreliminaries.
(Definition ofpreliminaryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

preliminary| Business English

preliminary
adjective
uk
/prɪˈlɪmɪnəri/us
/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/
coming before or done topreparefor amainor moreimportantaction,event, etc:
preliminary data/numbers/statisticsThe preliminarynumbersindicatethat allclassesofcreditorshaveacceptedtheplan.
Afinalreportshowedinflationrising2.4%, up from apreliminaryestimateof 2.3%.
Heemphasizedthat the commissioner'sdecisionis only preliminary.
TheNationalTransportation Safety Board, in apreliminaryreport, did not say what may havecausedthecrash.
Thecasewasdismissedbecauseprosecutorswere notreadyfor thepreliminaryhearing.
preliminary agreement/approval/decisionThecommissionhas given preliminaryapprovalto another 27projectstotaling$3.1billion.
a preliminary inquiry/investigationAtpresenta preliminaryinvestigationis under way.
preliminarydiscussions/meetings/talks
preliminary
noun[C,usually plural]
uk
/prɪˈlɪmɪnəri/us
/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/
pluralpreliminaries
aneventoractionthatpreparesfor orintroducessomething:
After thegreetingsand other preliminaries, themeetinggot down toseriousbusiness.
(Definition ofpreliminaryfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpreliminary

preliminary
Section 2 deals with notation and preliminaries required for the statement of our main results.
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Section 2 is devoted to preliminaries for logic programs with three kinds of negation, as well as the alternating mapping.
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Section 2 contains preliminaries which are needed to make the paper relatively self-contained.
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If you order a mason to build an oven, he immediately inquires about the progress of the peace, and descants on the preliminaries.
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The figure of £64,814 equates to a rate per square metre of £926 over 70sq.m, including preliminaries.
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After these preliminaries, we describe the construction of the foliation mentioned at the beginning of this section.
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The general situation requires some familiarity with basic notions on groupoids, which are recalled in the preliminaries.
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Before any detailed comment can be made on issues that arise in the course of consulting the work, a few preliminaries are needed.
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In the next section we discuss preliminaries with regard to processing time distributions, forms of stochastic dominance, and structures of optimal policies.
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Before giving our results, we need some preliminaries.
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Section 2 contains some technical preliminaries, including some distortion lemmas.
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In the next section we give some preliminaries on constraint satisfaction.
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Section 3 introduces the necessary preliminaries for the formal sections that follow.
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The rest of the paper is structured as follows: section 2 details the necessary preliminaries.
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Section 2 contains the preliminaries, with brief reviews of the logic of here-and-there and of answer sets semantics.
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