单词 | preliminary |
释义 | adjective | noun preliminarypreliminary1 /prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri/ ●○○ AWL adjective happening before something that is more important, often in order to prepare for it: a preliminary report on the causes of the accidentpreliminary to The discussions were preliminary to writing the policy paper. adjective | noun preliminarypreliminary2 AWL noun (plural preliminaries) [countable] 1something that is done first, to introduce or prepare for something else: They decided to adopt a child and went through all the preliminaries.preliminary to The test is a preliminary to the interview.2[usually plural] the first part of a competition, when it is decided who will go on to the main competition: the women’s 400-meter preliminaries |
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