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
And we're bringing the ketchup, mustard, relish--all that stuff.
我们还要带蕃茄酱， 芥末， 调味酱 ，诸如此类的东西。
Out of debt,out of danger.
脱债就脱险。
and at this point, according to my father, I should be looking at farms and cottages in a valley, with the spire of the church of our village showing in the far distance.
照父亲的说法，我面前应是一个山谷，有农场与村舍，还可远远望见老家村子里的教堂的尖顶。