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preliminary + noun
形容词用法，修饰名词表示‘初步的’
The team released preliminary results of the study.
该团队发布了研究的初步结果。
预赛；预选赛
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预赛；预选赛
a minor match preceding the main event
The team released preliminary results of the study.
该团队发布了研究的初步结果。
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为主要事项做准备；介绍。
A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
主赛前的次要比赛
a minor match preceding the main event
一系列决定决赛选手的体育赛事。
Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists.
作为前序事件或引入后续内容的事物
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
The team won the preliminary easily and advanced to the semifinals.
这支队伍轻松赢得了预赛，晋级半决赛。
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She was eliminated in the preliminary because of a poor score.
她因分数不佳在预赛中被淘汰。
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All the preliminaries will be finished before the main event begins.
所有预赛都将在正赛开始前结束。
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training is a necessary preliminary to employment
培训是就业的必要准备。
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形容词用法，修饰名词表示‘初步的’
The team released preliminary results of the study.
该团队发布了研究的初步结果。
表示‘作为…的准备’
These discussions are preliminary to the main negotiations.
这些讨论是主要谈判的预备步骤。
名词用法，常指预赛或预考
She easily won her preliminary and advanced to the finals.
她轻松赢得了预选赛并晋级决赛。
Not this
Please preliminary review the document.
Use this
Please preliminarily review the document.
形容词'preliminary'不能直接用作副词修饰动词，应使用副词形式'preliminarily'。
Not this
We will preliminary the data before analysis.
Use this
We will do a preliminary analysis of the data before analysis.
'preliminary'是形容词或名词，不能用作动词；应改用'do a preliminary analysis'来表示'做初步分析'。
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预赛
The team was eliminated in the preliminary round.
该队在预赛中被淘汰。
初步结果
Preliminary results show a significant improvement in test scores.
初步结果显示考试成绩有显著提高。
预审
The suspect appeared in court for a preliminary hearing.
嫌疑人出庭参加预审。
初步调查
A preliminary investigation revealed no evidence of foul play.
初步调查没有发现谋杀的证据。
初步设计
The architect presented the preliminary design for the new building.
建筑师展示了新建筑的初步设计。
预备会议
We need to schedule a preliminary meeting to discuss the agenda.
我们需要安排一次预备会议讨论议程。
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pre（前缀表示前）+liminary（联想limit，限制）→在主要限制之前的准备，即初步的。
该词作为形容词时通常用于正式或中性场合，如学术或商务的初步阶段（preliminary results）；作为名词时多指预赛或初步措施，常见于体育赛事或流程描述中。
Words like 'stationary' and 'necessary' share a similar ending spelling but may not rhyme exactly with 'preliminary' due to different stressed vowels.
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