Preliminary sorting
[计] 预先排序
🧩 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
sorting
[['sɔ:tiŋ]]
[计] 排序\\n[经] 分类拣选, 整理
🗣️ 情景例句
This is my sister Susan.
这是我妹妹Susan。
Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
水火是忠仆，造灾成元凶。
This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德。布洛斯就是一个例子。