プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
じゅんけっしょう【準決勝】
the semifinals;〔個々の試合〕a semifinal (game [match])
準決勝出場者
a semifinalist
彼らは準決勝で敗れた
They were defeated in the semifinals.
準決勝まで勝ち進む
win one's way to the semifinals
二回の予選に勝ち,彼女は準決勝に進んだ
She 「made it [advanced] to the semifinals by winning two 「(preliminary) rounds [heats].(▼heatは特に競争で用いる)