preliminary round

基本解释

Team Spain competes in the synchronized swimming free combination preliminary round during day four of the FINA World Championships on July 19, 2011, in Shanghai, China. (Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
7月19日，上海 - 西班牙队在2011世界游泳锦标赛花游集体自由自选预赛中的画面。
As captain, I felt robbed of the last two years. We were penalised 30 points or more, then forced to play in the Champions League preliminary round.
作为队长，我觉得我们在前两个赛季被抢劫了似的，因为我们被罚了30分或者更多，最后被强迫去打冠军联赛的预选赛。
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Paolo Maldini, Kaka Kaladze and Alessandro Nesta are unavailable for the first leg of the Preliminary Round due to injuries, while Marcos Cafu has just returned from Brazil and is far from top form.
马尔蒂尼，卡卡，卡拉泽和内斯塔由于伤病都不能在资格赛第一回合的比赛中出场，而卡福也刚刚归队，而且状态远不及颠峰时期。

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He reports that Iceland's preliminary round match against Denmark attracted nearly 60 percent of the country's 100, 000 televisions and a share of about 100.
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