試題詳解

1 Taiwan-based HTC Corp., now the world's fifth-largest maker of smart phones, said that it would appeal an initial ruling made by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that it has infringed two of ten patents held by Apple Inc. concerning portable electronic devices. In the above paragraph, the word “initial” means:
(A)final
(B)unfair
(C)excessive
(D)preliminary