preliminary
英 [pr?'l?m?n(?)r?]
美 [pr?'l?m?n?ri]
- n. 準備；預賽；初步措施
- adj. 初步的；開始的；預備的
助記提示
limen開始,門檻,閾限。 preliminary預備的。 pre-在……之前,-ary的。 preliminary即在開始之前的.
中文詞源
preliminary 初步的，初期的pre-,在前，早于，-limin,界限，門檻，開端，詞源同limit.引申詞義初步的，初期的。
英文詞源
- preliminary (adj.)
- 1660s, from French préliminaire and directly from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + limen (genitive liminis) "threshold" (see limit (n.)). A word that arose in reference to negotiations to end the Thirty Years' War. Earliest attested form in English is preliminaries (n.), 1650s.
雙語例句
- 1. The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final.
- 每場初賽的獲勝者進入決賽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We have had several preliminary sittings in various poses.
- 我們進行了幾次預拍攝，擺了各種不同的造型。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Preliminary results show the Republican party with 11 percent of the vote.
- 初步結果顯示共和黨獲得了11%的選票。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A background check is normally a preliminary to a presidential appointment.
- 總統任命前通常要進行背景審查的準備工作。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Our preliminary results suggest that people do subjectively find the speech clearer.
- 我們的初步結果顯示，人們的確在主觀上感覺演講表達得更清晰明了了。
來自柯林斯例句