preface
英 [ˈprefəs]
美 [ˈprefəs]
n. (书的)前言，序言
v. 为…写序言; 以…为开端; 作…的开场白
过去分词：prefaced 过去式：prefaced 复数：prefaces 现在分词：prefacing 第三人称单数：prefaces
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同义词辨析
introductionpreface【导航词义：前言，序言】
introductionn. 引言，序言，开场白
〔辨析〕
指书、演讲等的开篇，概括介绍后面主体部分的内容。
〔例证〕
He explains in the introduction how he gathered the data.
他在引言里解释了他是如何收集到数据的。
The students showed great interest after the professor gave a brief introduction to the course.
教授简单介绍了这门课程之后，学生们表现出极大的兴趣。
他在引言里解释了他是如何收集到数据的。
The students showed great interest after the professor gave a brief introduction to the course.
教授简单介绍了这门课程之后，学生们表现出极大的兴趣。
prefacen. 序言，前言
〔辨析〕
尤指书籍开篇介绍其写作目的的说明性文字。
〔例证〕
write a preface to a book
为一本书作序
The preface gives an overview of the book's contents.
序言对全书内容作了一个概述。
为一本书作序
The preface gives an overview of the book's contents.
序言对全书内容作了一个概述。
牛津词典
noun
- （书的）前言，序言
an introduction to a book, especially one that explains the author's aims
verb
- 为…写序言
to provide a book or other piece of writing with a preface- He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered.
他在前言中简要叙述了日记发现的经过。
- He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered.
- 以…为开端；作…的开场白
to say sth before you start making a speech, answering a question, etc.- I must preface my remarks with an apology.
讲话前，我必须先表示歉意。
- I must preface my remarks with an apology.
柯林斯词典
- （书的）序言，前言，绪论
Aprefaceis an introduction at the beginning of a book, which explains what the book is about or why it was written. - VERB 以…为开端；以…作为开场白
If youprefacean action or speechwithsomething else, you do or say this other thing first.- I will preface what I am going to say with a few lines from Shakespeare...
进入正题之前，我先引用莎士比亚的几句诗作为开场白。 - The president prefaced his remarks by saying he has supported unemployment benefits all along.
总统在发表讲话前说他一直以来都支持发放失业津贴。
- I will preface what I am going to say with a few lines from Shakespeare...
英英释义
noun
verb
- furnish with a preface or introduction
- She always precedes her lectures with a joke
- He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
双语例句
- The subject has been referred to cursorily in the preface.
这个问题在序言中已粗略地提到了。 - The end and aim of the book is explained in the preface.
本书的目的在前言中作了说明。 - There was a brief introduction of the book in the preface.
前言中有对书的简单介绍。 - A famous writer wrote a preface to this book.
一位著名的作家为这本书写了前言。 - What did the writer say in the preface of the book?
作者在这本书的序言里说了些什么？ - This is what I put in the preface.
我在书中的序言是这样写的。 - The preface and the appendix is not so well, but the content of the book is wonderful.
虽然这本书的前言和附录不是很好，但是内容很精彩。 - The paper intends to delineate the role and significance of preface and postscript in the reading of ancient fictions.
文章从阅读者的角度论述了序跋在读者欣赏古代小说中的重要作用和意义。 - Preface: Mankind creates building, constructed to remould mankind again!
引言：人类创造了建筑，建筑又重塑了人类！ - The preface of the book includes an account of the author's life.
该书前言记述了作者生平。