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 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。 - He wrote a preface to the play.
他为剧本写了前言。 - 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？ - The part of the Mass beginning after the Preface and Sanctus and ending just before the Lord's Prayer.
弥撒中的核心典礼弥撒中始于序言和《圣哉经》之后，结束于主祷经之前的一个部分。 - This is what I put in the preface.
我在书中的序言是这样写的。 - This book has a preface written by the author.
这本书有作者的自序。 - The preface of the book includes an account of the author's life.
该书前言记述了作者生平。 - In his preface, the author says that he took eight years to write the book.
在前言中，作者说他写这本书用了8年的时间。 - The whole article includes three parts with eight chapters except the preface.
全文除引言外包括三篇共八章的内容。 - In his preface the author set forth his reasons for writing the book.
作者在前言中阐明了他写这本书的原因。