"preliminaries" in Chinese (Simplified)
预赛初步准备
Definition
预赛是指在主要活动或比赛前进行的准备步骤或初步阶段,也可以指体育比赛中的初赛或各类正式活动前的准备手续。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
多用于正式语境,常见于体育、比赛或正式场合,多以复数形式出现。日常中有时可用“准备工作”、“热身”等替换。与形容词 'preliminary' 不同。
Examples
The preliminaries of the competition will start at 9 a.m.
比赛的**预赛**将在上午九点开始。
We finished the preliminaries before the main meeting.
我们在主要会议前完成了**初步准备**。
Athletes must pass the preliminaries to reach the finals.
运动员必须通过**预赛**才能进入决赛。
Let’s skip the preliminaries and get straight to business.
我们跳过**初步准备**,直接进入正题吧。
After all the usual preliminaries, the ceremony finally began.
在所有常规的**准备工作**结束后,仪式终于开始了。
The interviews were just the preliminaries for the actual selection process.
面试只是实际遴选流程的**初步阶段**。