Preliminary estimate
[经] 初步预算, 初步估算
🧩 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
estimate
['ɛstə,met]
n. 估计，预测;报价，预算书;评价，判断;
vt. 估计，估算;评价，评论;估量，估价;
estim价值+ate动词后缀 → 使之成为有价值的东西的过程 → 估计，估量
🗣️ 情景例句
They were ... they were ... they were average.
他们……他们……他们是普通身材。
A friend is a second self.
朋友是另一个我。
There's a talk on cancer that might be quite interesting, so perhaps I'll go to that.
有个关于癌症的报告可能很有意思，也许我会听听。