1. 初步的，初级的
2. 预备（性）的
3. 开端的，开始的
4. 序言的，绪言的
5. 序言性的
6. 事先的，预先的
7. 先决的
8. 引子的
9. 准备工作的

1. 淘汰赛
2. 预考，初试
3. 【体】预赛
4. 初步措施，初步行动
5. 初步，开端，准备，预备
6. 预备性措施，预备行为
7. 入学初考
8. 次要比赛
9. 正文前的书页，序言
10. 开场白
11. 准备工作

1. 预先，初步地，作为起始，作为预备

1. [A]初步的,预备的,开端的 coming before and introducing or preparing for sth more important

1. [P]准备工作,初步行动 sth done first

1. a minor match preceding the main event

2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;

   "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"
   "drinks were the overture to dinner"
   

1. denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding;

   "a preliminary investigation"
   

1.预备的；初步的
preliminary activities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2.准备工作；初步行动
Apreliminary is something that you do at the beginning of an activity, often as a form of preparation.

e.g. It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries...
准备工作大概花了10分钟。
e.g. A background check is normally apreliminary to a presidential appointment.
总统任命前通常要进行背景审查的准备工作。

3.预赛；初赛；初试
Apreliminary is the first part of a competition to see who will go on to the main competition.

e.g. The winner of eachpreliminary goes through to the final.
每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。

1. preliminary在线翻译

1. 初始的：这使得337条款可以较地方法院的诉讼程序提供更迅速、广泛的救济措施;其次,ITC应权利请求人的请求可以签发暂时的或永久的排除令,这相比较于法院的初始的(preliminary)或者永久的禁止令(Injunction)将给予权利人更大范围(Scope)的保护,

2. 初步的：公布於当季结束后的第一个月内. 这份报告的估计值代表相当不完整的资料,因此某些数据通常会出现大幅修正. 因为第一个估计值并不精确,因此经济分析局会於接下来两个月内公布初步的(preliminary)与修正的(Revised)估计值.

3. 预赛：今年 WCG 香港区选拔赛比赛项目变动不大,当然少不了大家耳熟能详的 Counter-Strike 1.6、DotA 和 Warcraft III: Frozen Throne 等. 比赛分为预赛 (preliminary) 及选拔赛 (Qualifier) 两个部分,另外特别新增了为期两天的赛前训练营 (Bootcamp),望籍此改善各队的赛前备战及交流.

4. 初步：对于任何一季的报告,第一次修正报告称为"初步"(preliminary),第二次修正报告称为"修正后"(revised)或"最终"(final). 定义:GNP平减指数有两种表达方式:隐含物价平减指数和固定物价平减指数. 一般比较重视隐含物价平减指数,

1. They are taking preliminary steps in preparation for a possible war.
   他们正在为应付一场可能的战争做初步的准备。
2. The chairman made a preliminary statement before beginning the main business of the meeting.
   在会议主要议程开始之前,主席致了开幕词。

1. There are a lot of preliminaries to be gone through before you can visit certain foreigners.
   在访问某些外国人之前要做好许多准备工作。
2. She spent a long time on polite preliminaries.
   她开始时讲了很长时间的客套话。

• We can never get to the discussion at all, because we can never complete the necessary preliminaries.

  出自：B. Magee

创业

A：I was thinking of starting my own business.
我正在考虑开始自己创业。

B：What kind?
哪一类的？

A：I know you wanted me to take over your restaurant business, but to be honest, I can’t stand working in the food industry.
我知道你想让我接手你的餐厅，但是说实话，我受不了干食品业这行。

B：Don’t worry, I knew that about you a long time ago.
别担心，你这一点我很早以前就知道了。

A：I thought maybe you and dad could loan me some money to open a skate boarding shop.
我想你和爸爸也许能借我点钱让我开一个滑板商店。

B：That’s possible. Do you have a business plan?
那也有可能，你有创业计划吗？

A：Not in writing, but I’ve thought of all thepreliminary details.
还没有落实到文字，但是我已经想过所有准备阶段的细节。

preliminary的意思

B：So what would you sell?
那你打算卖什么呢？

A：We’d sell skateboards, clothing, shoes, and accessories.
我想卖滑板、衣服、鞋和一些装饰。

preliminary

B：What would make your shop different from the others’?
你打算怎样使你的店区别于其他人的呢？

preliminary的意思

A：I thought we could make our own T-shirts.
我们可以制作我们自己的T 恤。

preliminary的解释

B：It sounds OK to me, but you’ll have to talk to your father about this, too.
听起来还可以，但你还得和你爸爸也谈谈这件事情。

• ☆ 直接源自中世纪拉丁语的praeliminaris，意为初步的。