Preliminary reading
[计] 预先读出
🧩 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
🗣️ 情景例句
Mary, this is Stone's brother Jim.
玛丽，这是世通的兄弟吉姆。
Please come in; you're right on time.
请进，你正好准时到来。
A small fishing boat was carried miles out to sea by the powerful fish as it pulled on the line.
一条小渔船被一条咬住钩的强壮的大鱼拖到了几英里以外的海面上。