prelude

英 [ˈpreljuːd]

美 [ˈpreljuːd]

n.  序曲; 前奏曲; 序幕; 前奏; 先声
v.  为…作序; 开头; 成为…的序曲; 演奏序曲; 唱开场戏

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牛津词典

noun

• 序曲；前奏曲
  a short piece of music, especially an introduction to a longer piece
• 序幕；前奏；先声
  an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 前奏；序幕；开端
  You can describe an event as aprelude toa more important event when it happens before it and acts as an introduction to it.
  1. Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses...
     大多数工会认为私有化会不可避免地导致失业。
  2. The conference, which closed yesterday, was a prelude to a Communist Party Central Committee meeting.
     昨天结束的会议拉开了共产党中央委员会会议的序幕。
• N-COUNT 序曲；前奏曲
  Apreludeis a short piece of music for the piano or organ.
  1. ...the famous E minor prelude of Chopin.
     肖邦著名的E小调前奏曲

英英释义

noun

• music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
  1. training is a necessary preliminary to employment
  2. drinks were the overture to dinner
  Synonym:preliminaryoverture

verb

• play as a prelude
• serve as a prelude or opening to

双语例句

• That might be a prelude to bigger policy changes.
  而这可能成为更大政策变革的前奏。
• The rural reform has opened the prelude of China's reform and opening-up.
  农村改革揭开了中国改革开放的序幕。
• As a prelude to the discussion of the photoelectric effect, we consider briefly a related phenomenon.
  作为论光电效应的序言，我们简短地叙述一个有关的现象。
• Era of friendship and youth, in a sense is a prelude to emotional development.
  而青春时代的友情，从某种意义上说是情感发育的序曲。
• Swift and resolute action leads to success; self-doubt is a prelude to disaster.
  迅速和坚决的行动是成功的保证，自我怀疑是一个灾难的前奏。
• I hope this will be the prelude to a better cooperation and prosperous business between us.
  我希望这将成为我们之间友好合作与繁荣贸易的前奏。
• The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude.
  序曲将近结束时帷幕升起来了。
• All of these arrangements were a prelude to the war, their ultimate ulterior motive.
  所有这些安排都只是这次战争的序曲，战争才是他们最终的不可告人的目的。
• Closer social and economic ties between the countries serve as a prelude to economic and monetary union.
  这些国家间更加紧密的社会和经济联系成为经济和货币联盟的先声。
• The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
  这时电话铃响了，这预示着一串意想不到的灾难要降临了。