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preliminary preliminary ★★☆☆☆/prɪlɪ̱mɪnri, AM -neri/1[ADJ	形容词]预备的；初步的 Preliminary activities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation.   [usu ADJ n]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。2[N-COUNT	可数名词]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.   [oft N to n/-ing]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。3[N-COUNT	可数名词]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. The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final.每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。 preliminary1 adjectivepreliminary2 nounpreliminarypre‧lim‧i‧na‧ry1 /prɪˈlɪmənəri $ -neri/ ●○○ AWL adjective [only before noun]  Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations  happening before something that is more important, often in order to prepare for it:  the preliminary stages of the competition a preliminary draftpreliminary to The discussions were preliminary to preparing a policy paper.preliminary1 adjectivepreliminary2 nounpreliminarypreliminary2 AWL noun (plural preliminaries) [countable usually plural]  Examples word sets Collocations 1something that is said or done first, to introduce or prepare for something elsepreliminary to Pilot studies are a useful preliminary to large research projects. After the usual preliminaries, the chairman made his announcement.2one of the games in the first part of a competition, when it is decided who will go on to the main competition:  Four teams will be eliminated in the preliminaries.

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Collins	preliminary ★★☆☆☆ /prɪlɪ̱mɪnri, AM -neri/ 1 [ADJ 形容词]预备的；初步的 Preliminary activities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation. [usu ADJ n] 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。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. [oft N to n/-ing] 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。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final. 每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。
Oxford	pre·lim·in·ary AWL / prɪˈlɪmɪnəri ; NAmE prɪˈlɪmɪneri / adjective , noun preliminary preliminaries adjective happening before a more important action or event 预备性的；初步的；开始的 SYN initial ◆ After a few preliminary remarks he announced the winners. 说了几句开场白之后，他即宣布优胜者名单。 ◆ preliminary results/findings/enquiries 初步结果╱发现╱调查 ◆ the preliminary rounds of the contest 预赛 preliminaryto sth ◆ pilot studies preliminary to a full-scale study 全面研究前的试验性初步研究 noun ( plural pre·lim·in·aries ) preliminary(to sth) a preliminaryis an action or event that is done in preparation for sth 初步行动（或活动）；预备性措施 ◆ Research will be needed as a preliminary to taking a decision. 做决定之前需要进行研究。 ◆ I'll skip the usual preliminaries and come straight to the point. 闲话少说，我就直接进入正题。 ◆ England was lucky to get through the preliminaries (= the preliminarystages in a sports competition). 英格兰队幸运地通过了预选赛。 pre·lim·in·ary / prɪˈlɪmɪnəri ; NAmE prɪˈlɪmɪneri /
LDC	preliminary1 adjective preliminary2 noun preliminarypre‧lim‧i‧na‧ry1 /prɪˈlɪmənəri $ -neri/ ●○○ AWL adjective [only before noun] Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations happening before something that is more important, often in order to prepare for it: the preliminary stages of the competition a preliminary draftpreliminary to The discussions were preliminary to preparing a policy paper. preliminary1 adjective preliminary2 noun preliminarypreliminary2 AWL noun (plural preliminaries) [countable usually plural] Examples word sets Collocations 1something that is said or done first, to introduce or prepare for something elsepreliminary to Pilot studies are a useful preliminary to large research projects. After the usual preliminaries, the chairman made his announcement.2one of the games in the first part of a competition, when it is decided who will go on to the main competition: Four teams will be eliminated in the preliminaries.
WDF	preliminary [prɪˈlɪmɪnəri] CET4CET6TEM4考研GRETOEFLIELTS n28434 188 17 61 25 55 30 j4444 6263 1013 342 1160 1194 2554 ADJ5694 151152 NOUN30162 4642 Spoken: 49444801 preliminaries[384] 初步的(60%)，预备的(13%)，准备(12%)，初步措施(6%)，开始的(6%)，初步行动(3%) n.准备；预赛；初步措施 adj.初步的；开始的；预备的

Preliminary Competition Awl Noun Discussions Beginning Form Preparation

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