provisional

1. ADJ You use provisional to describe something that has been arranged or appointed for the present, but may be changed in the future. 臨時的; 暫時的

...the possibility of setting up a provisional coalition government. …建立一個臨時的聯(lián)合政府的可能性。

These times are provisional and subject to confirmation. 這些期限是暫定的，還有待確認。

2. provisionallyADV 臨時地; 暫時地[ADV with v]

The U.S. and Japan provisionally agreed to add new chartered flights to serve their major cities. 美國和日本臨時同意增加特許航班，為各大城市服務(wù)。