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
By the way, what are you going to do on Christmas?
顺便问一下，圣诞节你打算做什么？
Politeness is to do and say the kindest thing in the kindest way.
文雅就是善良地做事，和善地说话。
Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。