n.准备工作( preliminary的名词复数 );预赛;(对学生等的)预考;预选赛;
例句:
To-day the preliminaries, to-morrow or next day the ceremony!
今天准备, 明天举行婚礼!
These preliminaries over, the three began to talk.
序幕演完了, 三个人开始谈天.
After a few polite preliminaries, we stated our main ideas.
几句开场白后, 我们陈述了主要观点.