preparatory: adj.准备的，预备的；筹备的。 a preparatory committee for a congress 大会的筹备委员会。 a preparatory course 预科。 preparatory formation 【军事】准备姿势。n.〔英国〕(为升入高级中学作准备的)私立预科学校；〔美国〕大学预科。 a preparatory school 〔英国〕补习学校；
Since september all 56 pupils in years three and four of the preparatory department at the private girls ' school have had a lesson a week in the chinese language , including learning the complicated calligraphy of writing characters 自去年9月以来，这所私立女校小学部3至4年级的所有56名学生，每周都必须上一节中文课，其中包括学习复杂的汉字书法。
