preliminary

noun

1. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

e.g. training is a necessary preliminary to employment
drinks were the overture to dinner

Synonym: overtureprelude

2. a minor match preceding the main event

Synonym: prelim

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

e.g. 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
A preliminary 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 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。

3. 预赛；初赛；初试
A preliminary is the first part of a competition to see who will go on to the main competition.

e.g. The winner of each preliminary 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,