Preliminary estimates
[化] 初步估计
🧩 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
n. 估计；概数；预算（estimate的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
Thank you.
谢谢。
He's getting used to thinking in English.
他正在养成用英语思维的习惯。
What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.
事实上，他们发现的是另一艘沉没多年的船。