preliminaries [prɪ'lɪmɪnərɪz]

例句:

• It had taken about ten minutes to cover the preliminaries.
  准备工作大概花了10分钟。
  
• She began speaking intensely, without preliminaries.
  她一句客套话都没讲就开始热切地说起来.
  
• You all know why I am here. So I won't waste time on preliminaries.
  你们都知道我来这里的目的。所以我就闲话少说了。
  
• The return of German prisoners shall be settled at the peace preliminaries.
  来自BBC
• Bob launches straight into the preliminaries.
  来自NEWYORKER
• We can never get to the discussion at all, because we can never complete the necessary preliminaries.
  来自B. Magee