Preliminary estimates
[化] 初步估计
🧩 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
n. 估计；概数；预算（estimate的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
I studied English in school.
我是在学校里学的英语。
Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it.
若者等待机会，强者创造机会。
Latham made another attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again.
莱瑟姆一周以后也作了一次尝试，飞到离多佛不到半英里的地方。