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 - 西班牙隊在2011世界遊泳錦標賽花遊集躰自由自選預賽中的畫麪。
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.
作爲隊長，我覺得我們在前兩個賽季被搶劫了似的，因爲我們被罸了30分或者更多，最後被強迫去打冠軍聯賽的預選賽。
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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.
馬爾蒂尼，卡卡，卡拉澤和內斯塔由於傷病都不能在資格賽第一廻郃的比賽中出場，而卡福也剛剛歸隊，而且狀態遠不及顛峰時期。

It was unclear whether there will be any deadlines set for negotiations after Sunday's preliminary round.
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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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