1.the preliminaries in a sports competition
1.Schools vary in how much emphasis is put on the prelims and how difficult they are to pass.
资格考试重要性如何，通过的难度多大，均视学校不同而定。
2.If this works for you, you might consider taking most or all of the day off the day before each of your prelims.
如果这对你有效，可以考虑在每一次资格考试前一天都花大半天甚至全天休息。
3.I know better than to try to satisfy these people by suggesting that a logic course might help a student pass the prelims.
我很清楚，如果我对这些人说，逻辑课能帮助学生通过预备考试，这样的回答是不能满足他们的。
4.Most students who pass the prelims started studying before spring quarter.
大部分首轮通过的学生都在春季学期就开始备考。
5.Several top players were unexpectedly eliminated in the prelims .
几位顶尖选手在预赛中被意外地淘汰了。
6.As stated above, it is very uncommon to fail the prelims merely because you lack the intellect to master the material.
诚如上文所述，资格考试不过关的情况很少仅是因为智力欠缺无法理解教材。
7.How to get through to the second year: Pass the prelims in just 20 minutes a day!
如何升到二年级：每天只化二十分钟就能让你通过资格考试！