Preliminary activities or discussions take place at the beginning of an event, often as a form of preparation.
concluding
Preliminary results show the Republican Party with 11 per cent of the vote.
初步结果显示共和党得到11的选票。
Preliminary talks on the future of the bases began yesterday.
昨天开始了关于这些基地未来的初步谈判。 。
preliminaries
A preliminary is something that you do at the beginning of an activity, often as a form of preparation.
You all know why I am here. So I won't waste time on preliminaries.
你们都知道我为什么在这里。所以我就不浪费时间讲客套话了。