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
Grandpa! Grandpa!
爷爷！ 爷爷！
Better the foot slip than the tongue trip.
宁可滑跤，不可失言。
The question became one of whether Man could control the disease he had invented.
现在的问题是，人类能否控制住这种人为的疾病。