Preliminary survey
[经] 初步调查
🧩 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
survey
['sɝve]
vi. 测量土地;
vt. 调查;勘测;俯瞰;
n. 调查（表），调查所，测量，测量部，测量图;概观，检查，鉴定书;环顾;
sur在上面 + vey=look看→ vt.俯瞰；检查；测量
🗣️ 情景例句
I sold it to the present owners.
是我把它卖给了现在的主人。
Forget not that you are a man.
不要忘记你是一个人。
They took with them dogs, rats and plants like the sweet potato,and settled mainly in North Island where the weather was warmer.
他们随身带去了狗、老鼠及像红薯之类的植物，并且大部分定居在气候比较温暖的北岛。