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源自拉丁语 'praeliminaris'(前置的),由 'prae-'(前)和 'limen'(门槛)组成,字面意思是'在门槛之前'。
❶ 指正式活动开始前进行的准备工作或初步事项,通常用于会议、比赛或书籍的开头部分。
“The meeting started with the usual preliminaries like introductions and agenda review.”
(会议以介绍和议程回顾等常规预备事项开始。)
“Before the match, the players went through the preliminaries of warming up and stretching.”
(比赛前,选手们进行了热身和拉伸等准备工作。)
without preliminaries — 指直接进入主题,没有任何开场白或准备步骤。
“He started his speech without preliminaries, which surprised the audience.”
(他没有任何开场白就直接开始演讲,这让观众感到惊讶。)