第三人称复数：preliminaries
形容词初步的，初级的; 预备的; 开端的; 序言的
名词预赛; 准备工作; 初步措施; （对学生等的）预考
形容词
1. Preliminary arrangements have been made for the talks.
会谈的准备工作已经就绪。
名词
1. These boxers did quite well to get through the preliminaries.
这些拳击运动员以相当出色的成绩通过了预赛。
2. He spent a long time on polite preliminaries.
开始时他的许多时间花在客套上。
preliminary的解释
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 the preliminary 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。
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。
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？
A：I thought we could make our own T-shirts.
我们可以制作我们自己的T 恤。
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。
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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
A preliminary 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 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。
3. preliminary的解释
3. 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.
e.g. The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final.
每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。
1. A preliminary investigation found that the driver had hit the accelerator by accident.
2. The four men face preliminary charges of attempting to carry out an act of terrorism.
3. He said the deadline of tender is the end of March 2009, and that preliminary contracts would be signed by next June.
4. Preliminary investigation by the police and work safety authority has ruled out the possibility of deliberate sabotage.
5. A total of 104 people in Maqiao also have tested positive for Hepatitis C virus in a preliminary screening.
6. preliminary
6. The initial production capacity was set to 25 thousand, which reduced their preliminary investments and related expenses.
7. Yang said preliminary blood tests showed no sign the victims had been electrocuted, but there were signs of carbon monoxide and other unidentified gases in the blood.
8. Preliminary analysis found that the amount of the website's profit made the activity a crime.
9. In 1992, it sent employees to carry out a preliminary survey.
10. He was ordered held for four weeks on preliminary charges of attempting to murder the cartoonist and the police officer who shot him.
noun
1. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
e.g. training is a necessary preliminary to employment
drinks were the overture to dinner
2. a minor match preceding the main event
Synonym: prelim
adj
1. denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important
designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding
e.g. a preliminary investigation