Preliminary expenses
[经] 初期费用
🧩 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
expenses
[ɪks'pensɪz]
n. 费用;花钱的东西;开销;（向雇主报销的）费用;费用( expense的名词复数 );花费的钱;消耗;花钱的东西;
🗣️ 情景例句
Santa Clara? OK. That's about 20 miles away.
圣塔克莱拉？好的，大约是20英里远。
He might have been held up in a traffic jam.
他可能因交通阻塞而耽搁了。
Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today,
尽管在当时旅行不像现在这么容易，