"training is a necessary preliminary to employment"
"drinks were the overture to dinner"
"a preliminary investigation"
1.预备的；初步的
preliminary activities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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.准备工作；初步行动
Apreliminary is something that you do at the beginning of an activity, often as a form of preparation.
e.g. It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries...
准备工作大概花了10分钟。
e.g. A background check is normally apreliminary to a presidential appointment.
总统任命前通常要进行背景审查的准备工作。
3.预赛；初赛；初试
Apreliminary is the first part of a competition to see who will go on to the main competition.
e.g. The winner of eachpreliminary goes through to the final.
每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。
1. preliminary在线翻译
1. 初始的：这使得337条款可以较地方法院的诉讼程序提供更迅速、广泛的救济措施;其次,ITC应权利请求人的请求可以签发暂时的或永久的排除令,这相比较于法院的初始的(preliminary)或者永久的禁止令(Injunction)将给予权利人更大范围(Scope)的保护,
2. 初步的：公布於当季结束后的第一个月内. 这份报告的估计值代表相当不完整的资料,因此某些数据通常会出现大幅修正. 因为第一个估计值并不精确,因此经济分析局会於接下来两个月内公布初步的(preliminary)与修正的(Revised)估计值.
3. 预赛：今年 WCG 香港区选拔赛比赛项目变动不大,当然少不了大家耳熟能详的 Counter-Strike 1.6、DotA 和 Warcraft III: Frozen Throne 等. 比赛分为预赛 (preliminary) 及选拔赛 (Qualifier) 两个部分,另外特别新增了为期两天的赛前训练营 (Bootcamp),望籍此改善各队的赛前备战及交流.
4. 初步：对于任何一季的报告,第一次修正报告称为"初步"(preliminary),第二次修正报告称为"修正后"(revised)或"最终"(final). 定义:GNP平减指数有两种表达方式:隐含物价平减指数和固定物价平减指数. 一般比较重视隐含物价平减指数,
他们已经做了初步的调查。
Our team got beaten in the preliminary rounds of the competition.我们队在这次比赛的预赛中遭淘汰。
Movies at the preliminary stage were silent.电影在初期是无声的。
There are a lot of preliminaries to be gone through before you can visit a foreign country.在出访外国之前要做好许多准备工作。
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
pilot studies preliminary to a full-scale study全面进行研究前的试验性研究
Research will be needed as a preliminary to taking a decision.作出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 preliminary stages in a sports competition) .英格兰队幸运地通过了预选赛。
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。
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。
The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final.每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。
This is only a preliminary invitation form and not a binding contract.此表格乃服务邀请的初稿,并非合约.
In addition, preliminary exploration of the angle of flow deflection in the channel and comparative tests.此外, 对槽内水流偏角作了初步探讨,对不同的挖槽方式进行了对比试验.
Police say two men have appeared in a preliminary court hearing.警方说已有两人出席了法院预备听证会.
Finally , a preliminary proposal for the engineering of this control system is provided.对ANFIS模型投药控制系统的工程实现进行了初步方案设计.
Accelink technology, today disclosed that the company started a preliminary inquiry, to promote.光迅科技今日披露,公司开始初步询价 、 推介.
And in the meantime , it makes a preliminary research for selecting the crude oil storage base.对我国石油储备方式及基地选址进行初步探讨, 并做了一些前期研究工作.
Note: The figures of 2003 are preliminary statistics.注: 2003年为初步统计数据.
preliminary investigation on the Chihu Lake aquatic vascular plants in Jiangxi Province.江西赤湖水生维管束植物的初步调查.
preliminary estimates put the number of birds'nests there at over 20000.初步估计那里的鸟窝有两万多个.
preliminary Results of Solar Irradiance at the Sea Surface Using Satellite Remotely sensed.利用卫星遥感资料估算海面太阳辐照度的初步结果.
Preparations for the preliminary stage of the work are already complete.前期工作已准备完毕.
preliminary identification results for the C 2 strain Fengyang small species, Huaiyuan strain C 1 race.初步鉴定结果为凤阳菌株为C2小种, 怀远菌株为C1小种.
He has easily won the preliminary contest for the high jump.他轻松地通过了跳高预赛.
They refused to negotiate unless three preliminary requirements were met.如果三项先决条件得不到满足,他们就拒绝谈判.
They are taking preliminary steps in preparation for a possible war.他们正在为应付一场可能的战争做初步的准备.
A physical examination is a preliminary to joining the army.体格检查是参军的初步.
We can never get to the discussion at all, because we can never complete the necessary preliminaries.
出自：B. Magee创业
A：I was thinking of starting my own business.
我正在考虑开始自己创业。
B：What kind?
哪一类的？
A：I know you wanted me to take over your restaurant business, but to be honest, I can’t stand working in the food industry.
我知道你想让我接手你的餐厅，但是说实话，我受不了干食品业这行。
B：Don’t worry, I knew that about you a long time ago.
别担心，你这一点我很早以前就知道了。
A：I thought maybe you and dad could loan me some money to open a skate boarding shop.
我想你和爸爸也许能借我点钱让我开一个滑板商店。
B：That’s possible. Do you have a business plan?
那也有可能，你有创业计划吗？
A：Not in writing, but I’ve thought of all thepreliminary details.
还没有落实到文字，但是我已经想过所有准备阶段的细节。
preliminary的意思
B：So what would you sell?
那你打算卖什么呢？
A：We’d sell skateboards, clothing, shoes, and accessories.
我想卖滑板、衣服、鞋和一些装饰。
preliminary
B：What would make your shop different from the others’?
你打算怎样使你的店区别于其他人的呢？
preliminary的意思
A：I thought we could make our own T-shirts.
我们可以制作我们自己的T 恤。
preliminary的解释
B：It sounds OK to me, but you’ll have to talk to your father about this, too.
听起来还可以，但你还得和你爸爸也谈谈这件事情。
