English translation for "preliminary"

[ pri'liminəri ] 
adj.
1.预备的；初步的，初级的。
2.序言性的，绪言的。
短语和例子
a preliminary examination 初试，预考〔学生普通说作 prelim〕。 preliminary expenses 开办费。 preliminary hearing 【法律】预审。 preliminary remarks 前言；开场白。
n.
1.〔常 pl.〕初步，开端；预备行为[步骤、措施]，准备。
2.〔sing.〕 入学初考，预考。
3.【体育】预赛；淘汰赛；(主赛前的)次要比赛〔如拳击〕。
4.〔常 pl.〕正文前的书页[内容]。
短语和例子
without preliminaries 直截了当地，单刀直入地。
adv.
预先 (＝preliminarily)。
preliminarily adv.

Example Sentences:

	1.	He made the preliminary motions of departure . 他作了一些离开的准备动作。
	2.	These preliminaries over, the three began to talk . 序幕演完了，三个人开始谈天。
	3.	Preliminary treatment by sedimentation is practiced . 实际上可用沉积法进行初步处理。
	4.	A physical examination is a preliminary to joining the army . 体格检查是参军的初步。
	5.	The big man wasted no time on preliminaries . 这位身材高大的人没有浪费时间讲开场白。
	6.	These preliminaries settled to their mutual satisfaction . 这番序言，使双方都很满意。
	7.	He has easily won the preliminary contest for the high jump . 他轻松地通过了跳高预赛。
	8.	Investigations normally take the form of a preliminary examination . 研究工作通常包括初步验证。
	9.	The preliminary computation is the same as that for ordinary levelling . 概算与普遍水准测量相同。
	10.	It was not the old man to indulge in elaborate preliminaries . 这位老人向来不做那种煞费苦心的开场白。

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