核心畫面
Picture the part that comes before the real thing: the warm-up talks before the negotiation, the first round before the finals, the quick test before the full study. It is not the main event — its job is to get everyone ready for it, and it may well change what the main event looks like.
可以想成：正戲之前的那一段——談判前的暖身會談、決賽前的第一輪、正式研究前的小規模測試。它不是重點本身，任務是讓大家…更多收起
可以想成：正戲之前的那一段——談判前的暖身會談、決賽前的第一輪、正式研究前的小規模測試。它不是重點本身，任務是讓大家準備好進入重點；也因為它在前面，結果常常會影響後面那場。原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
preliminaryadj/pɹɪˈlɪmɪn(ə)ɹi/
- 1
In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.
- These are just the preliminary results.
- And then, after a few preliminary tries, the whole farm burst out into 'Beasts of England' in tremendous unison.
preliminarynoun/pɹɪˈlɪmɪn(ə)ɹi/
- 1
A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
- In the Chinese novels, often of a very literary character, devoted to masculine love, it seems that all the preliminaries and transports of normal love are to be found, while physical union may terminate the scene.
- 2
Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists.
- 3
A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。