Preliminary definition
[计] 预先定义, 初步定义
🧩 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
She is sleeping here so she won't have to travel from Riverdale in the morning.
她晚上住在这儿，免得早上从Riverdale赶过来。
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
父贤知其子。
Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark until someone opened the gate.
每当它想到花园里来时，便汪汪叫个不停，直到有人把门打开。