Preliminary enquiry
[经] 初期询问, 初期询问, 初期询价
🧩 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
enquiry
[ɪn'kwaɪri]
n. 询问;调查;查询;问讯处;
🗣️ 情景例句
Why do we need a swimming pool? Everyone in the family hates swimming!
我们需要游泳池做什么呢？家里人都讨厌游泳。
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.
前程虽远大，现实尤可贵。
He is acting an old man.
他正扮演一个老人。