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preliminary 音標拼音: [prɪl'ɪmən ,ɛri] [pril'ɪmən ,ɛri] n. 初步行動,準備,初步措施,初試
a. 初步的,開始的,預備的 初步行動,准備,初步措施,初試初步的,開始的,預備的 preliminary初步 preliminary adj 1: 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" n 1: a minor match preceding the main event [ synonym: { preliminary}, { prelim}] 2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; " training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; " drinks were the overture to dinner" [ synonym: { preliminary}, { overture}, { prelude}] Preliminary \ Pre* lim" i* na* ry\, a. [ Pref. pre L. liminaris belonging to a threshold, fr. limen, liminis, threshold, entrance: cf. F. pr[' e] liminaire. Cf. { Limit}.] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Introductory; preparatory; prefatory; proemial; previous; prior; precedent; antecedent. [ 1913 Webster]
Preliminary \ Pre* lim" i* na* ry\, n.; pl. { Preliminaries}. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Introduction; preface; prelude. [ 1913 Webster] 117 Moby Thesaurus words for " preliminary": advance, advanced, antecedent, anterior, arrangement, avant- garde, avant- propos, basic training, beginning, breakthrough, briefing, chief, clearing the decks, coming out, curtain raiser, debut, embarkation, embarkment, equipment, exordial, exordium, exploratory, familiarization, first, first appearance, fixing, floating, flotation, foremost, forerunning, foreword, foundation, front matter, frontispiece, groundwork, headmost, inaugural, inaugural address, inauguration, induction, initial, initiation, initiatory, innovation, installation, installment, introduction, introductory, launching, leading, leap, maiden speech, makeready, making ready, manufacture, mobilization, opener, opening, original, overture, planning, postulate, preamble, prearrangement, precedence, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory, preface, prefatory, prefix, prefixed, prefixture, preliminaries, preliminary act, preliminary step, prelude, preludial, prelusive, premise, premonitory, prep, preparation, preparatory, preparatory study, preparing, prepositive, prepping, prerequisite, presupposition, pretreatment, prevenient, prior, processing, prodromal, prodrome, prodromic, proem, proemial, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologue, propaedeutic, protasis, provision, readying, spadework, training, treatment, trial, tryout, unveiling, verse, voluntary, warm- up
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