| 单词 | preliminary |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [pri'liminəri] |
| 解释 | a.预备的；初步的，开始的 |
| 红宝书 | 无 |
| 字源 | preliminary (adj.) 1660s, from French préliminaire and directly from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + limen (genitive liminis) "threshold" (see limit (n.)). A word that arose in reference to negotiations to end the Thirty Years' War. Earliest attested form in English is preliminaries (n.), 1650s. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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