| 释义 |
preˈambulary, a.
[f. as prec. + -ary.]
= prec.
1659Pearson Creed xi. 755 These three Evangelicall resuscitations are so many preambulary proofs of the last and generall Resurrection. 1774Burke Amer. Tax. Wks. II. 363 A description of revenue not as yet known in all the comprehensive vocabulary of finance—a preambulary tax. 1882Edin. Rev. July 215 Burke..scoffed at the bill..as a ‘preambulary’ Bill. |