pre.lim.i.nar.y
preliminary的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [priˈliməˌneri:]
KK音标发音: [prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri]
preliminary的词性:
adj.(形容词)
1. Prior to or preparing for the main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory.
开头的,初步的:先于主要事件、行动或业务的或为其作准备的;预备性的或前面的
preliminary的词性:
n.(名词)
2. Something that precedes, prepares for, or introduces the main matter, action, or business.
开端,初步:先于、准备或介绍主要事件、行动或业务的事
3. An academic test or examination that is preparatory to one that is longer, more complex, or more important.
初试:为更长、更复杂或更重要的考试而进行的预备性学术测试或考试
4. Sports A contest to determine the finalists in a competition.
【体育运动】 初赛:一项竞赛中决出决赛者的竞赛
5. Sports An event that precedes the main event of a particular program, especially in boxing or wrestling.
【体育运动】 预赛:先于特定程序中主要比赛项目的竞赛,尤指在拳击或摔跤中
6. Often preliminaries Printing The front matter of a book.
常作 preliminaries 【印刷术】 前言:书的开头内容
preliminary的词源:
7. From New Latin praelomin3ris
源自 现代拉丁语 praelomin3ris
8. Latin prae- [pre-]
拉丁语 prae- [前缀,表“先于”]
9. Latin lomen lomin- [threshold]
拉丁语 lomen lomin- [入口,开端]
preliminary的音标和读音:
preliminary, introductory, prefatory, preparatory
10. The central meaning shared by these adjectives is “going before and preparing the way for something else”:
这些形容词共有的中心意思是“在其它事物之前并为其铺路的”:
a preliminary investigation;
事先调查;
introductory remarks;
序言;
an author's prefatory notes;
作者的序言注解;
preparatory steps.
预备步骤