prelim
prelim — 名詞
- prelimsingular
- prelimsplural
1. a game, race, competition, or exam that takes place before the main event, usual
預賽；初試
正式比賽或考試前的資格賽或預考
a game, race, competition, or exam that takes place before the main event, usually to decide which people or teams will move on to the next stage
Femi won his first-round prelim match and moved on to the quarter-finals.
Femi 在首輪預賽中獲勝，晉級八強賽。
collocation: prelim match / prelim round
The team has to play three prelims before the main tournament starts next month.
這支球隊在主錦標賽下個月開打之前，要先打三場預賽。
often plural: play the prelims
Anjali studied for the biology prelim, which counts towards her final grade.
Anjali 為了生物科初試熬夜唸書，這場考試會計入學期總成績。
Diego won his prelim heat and went on to place third in the final.
Diego 在預賽中獲勝，接著在決賽中得到第三名。
- preliminary
the full, more formal version of the same word; use in official or written contexts
- qualifier
emphasises the function of deciding who qualifies for the next stage
- heat
specifically one round within a multi-round sports competition
- final
the last, deciding event that the prelim leads towards
文法句型
prelim + noun (match / exam / round)
the prelims
用法筆記
This word is a shortening of 'preliminary' and is used mainly in informal speech. It can refer to a single qualifying contest (a prelim match) or to a whole series of qualifying rounds (the prelims). In academic contexts, a prelim is often a test taken part-way through a course.