preliminaries是什么意思？

preliminaries

英[prɪ'lɪmɪnərɪz] 美[prɪ'lɪmɪnərɪz]

• n. 准备工作( preliminary的名词复数 )，预赛，（对学生等的）预考，预选赛；

例句

• 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。
• She began speaking intensely, without preliminaries. 她一句客套话都没讲就开始热切地说起来.
• It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries. 准备工作大概花了10分钟。
• It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries... 准备工作大概花了10分钟。
• You all know why I am here. So I won't waste time on preliminaries. 你们都知道我来这里的目的。所以我就闲话少说了。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  预备的；初步的
  Preliminary activities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation.
  例句
  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。 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。
• N-COUNT
  准备工作；初步行动
  A preliminary is something that you do at the beginning of an activity, often as a form of preparation.
  例句
  It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries... 准备工作大概花了10分钟。 A background check is normally a preliminary to a presidential appointment. 总统任命前通常要进行背景审查的准备工作。
• N-COUNT
  预赛；初赛；初试
  A preliminary is the first part of a competition to see who will go on to the main competition.
  例句
  The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final. 每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。