preliminary\/grandstand\/contraction | 热词手帐

热词手帐（No. 418）我们从英国《金融时报》近期热点报道中挑选值得记忆的高频单词和短语，配合释义与新闻原文例句，帮助你轻松掌握地道实用的英文表达，在不断积累中感受英语能力的进步与提高。①preliminary[prɪ'lɪmɪnɛri]n. 准备；预赛；初步措施adj. 初步的；开始的；预备的“ Earlier this year, the EU and Japan— which would be most damaged by car tariffs — had ably staved off the levies after reaching preliminary deals to launch trade negotiations with Washington. 今年早些时候，欧盟和日本——将会受汽车关税打击最大的经济体——在与美国就启动贸易谈判达成初步交易后，似乎躲过了关税。来源：《特朗普政府推迟决定是否加征汽车关税/Trump administration nears decision on car tariffs》”②grandstand ['græn(d)st ………………………………