Preliminary estimates
[化] 初步估计
🧩 词语组成解析
preliminary
[prɪ'lɪmɪnɛri]
adj. 初步的，初级的;预备的;开端的;序言的;
n. 准备工作;预赛;初步措施;（对学生等的）预考;
pre预先+limin门槛，限制+ary形容词后缀→入门以前→初步的
n. 估计；概数；预算（estimate的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
Yes, we'll be arriving by car about ten o'clock Friday night.
是的， 我们将于星期五晚上十点钟左右开车抵达。
Friends (the best of friends) must part.
好友终有分手时。
It seemed that one bee was able to communicate the news of food to other bees in its hive.
似乎一只蜜蜂能够把食物的信息传递给蜂箱里的其他蜜蜂。