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
Drug dependence should be looked at as a medical issue, not a criminal one.
毒品信赖应该被看成是医学问题，而不是犯罪问题。
It took me an hour to walk there.
走到那里花了我一小时。
How long have you been here?
你在这里多久了？