Preliminary
[prɪ'lɪmɪn(ə)rɪ] or [prɪ'lɪmɪnɛri]
解释:
(noun.) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; 'training is a necessary preliminary to employment'; 'drinks were the overture to dinner'.
(noun.) a minor match preceding the main event.
(adj.) denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding; 'a preliminary investigation' .
希勒尔录入--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.
(n.) That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college.
编辑:普鲁登斯
同义词及近义词：
a. Introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, prelusive, precursory, previous, prior, precedent.
n. Introduction, PRELUDE, preparatory step.
编辑:罗赞娜
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Previous, proemial, precursive, prelusory, antecedent, preparatory
ANT:Subsequent, consequent, following
伊夫林整理
解释:
adj. introductory: preparatory: preceding or preparing for the main discourse or business.—n. that which precedes: introduction—used mostly in pl.—adv. Prelim′inarily.
整理:李奥娜
例句:
- It failed after some preliminary successes and another great slaughtering of Russians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Slowly but surely the results of the last few thousands of his preliminary experiments had pointed inevitably to a new and fruitful region ahead. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But even to get the very doubtful and preliminary stage of making the appeal, seemed one of the least promising of human undertakings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Then I will try again; you will understand me better when I have made some preliminary remarks. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- It was only after all this preliminary sanitation was accomplished that the real work of digging the canal could go forward with any hope of success. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Needless to say, mastery of its literature is regarded by him as a most important preliminary in taking up any line of investigation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- I constructed an instrument that would record the sound, and set out to make a preliminary report, but I found that they never intended to do anything but let the people complain. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Reference has been made in this chapter to the preliminary study that Edison brought to bear on the development of the gas art and industry. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The reason why those little preliminary explosions took place was that a little had spattered out on the edge of the filter paper, and had dried first and exploded. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- When Little Dorrit had her work on the table, and Maggy hers on the bedstead, Fanny fell to tying her bonnet as a preliminary to her departure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- First let me make some preliminary remarks. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Betteredge gave his imperfectly-pointed pencil a preliminary lick with his tongue. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- All preliminary explanations being now cleared out of the way, I come at last to the real knot of the case--to the twenty thousand pounds. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Oersted, in 1827, preceded him with important preliminary steps, and Deville, in 1854, followed in the first commercial applications. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The disclosure of the conspiracy followed, after I had offered my preliminary explanation, first of all, in the fewest and the plainest words. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The ground was measured, and preliminaries arranged. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The preliminaries are adjusted, and the butcher and myself stand face to face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- That day they arranged together the preliminaries of the treaty of capitulation. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Herein then are set forth in briefest space the preliminaries of a circuit of the globe in quest of fibre. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But even if his resolves had forced the two images into combination, the useful preliminaries to that hard change were not visibly within reach. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- For which reason, not to lose time upon preliminaries, I shall immediately enter upon the examination of these passions. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- When she had gone through her rigid preliminaries, amounting to a sort of genteel platoon-exercise, she withdrew. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- I ran away, the writer began abruptly (without the usual preliminaries), the day after I saw you at the play, and these kind friends have taken me in. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- These preliminaries disposed of, he first examined the nightgown, and then devoted himself to the reading of Rosanna Spearman's letter. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- These preliminaries completed, Mr. Kyrle and I set forth together for Limmeridge House. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- On this present birthday, Mr. Bagnet has accomplished the usual preliminaries. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- In 1801 the preliminaries of peace with England and Austria were signed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Come to the ground, and go through the preliminaries! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Having settled these preliminaries, Mr. Pickwick grasped the top of the wall, and gave the word 'Over,' which was literally obeyed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- These preliminaries adjusted, Rose and Oliver returned home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
录入:莉娜