prefaces

英 [ˈprefəsɪz]

美 [ˈprefəsɪz]

n.  (书的)前言，序言
v.  为…写序言; 以…为开端; 作…的开场白
preface的第三人称单数和复数

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Chapter two discovers the connotation and the unceasingly developing history of several poetic aesthetic categories such as vigor of style, rhythm and fusion of setting and feeling reflected in the prefaces and postscripts.
  第二章揭示了序跋中反映出风骨、声律和声调、兴象几个诗学美学范畴的内涵和不断演进的历史；
• Second-guessing* I don't have time for prefaces.
  我现在没时间听你首先要说什么。
• Dongpo was the first Ci poet that used a large-scale prefaces and did it very well.
  东坡是最早大规模使用题序并取得了良好效果的词人。
• The Relationship of Henry James's Prefaces to the Texts
  论亨利·詹姆斯序言与文本的关系
• Prefaces and postscript text is an important style of the ancient Chinese prose.
  序跋文是中国古代散文的重要文体之一。
• The main body of a book is allotted together for6 chapters, 1st chapter prefaces, is owes a book selected topic significance, necessity, research method and the writing basic line;
  本文同开为6章，第1章后曲言，概述选题的背景、意义、研讨方式及写做的基本念道；
• This book consisting of19 parts, 17 prefaces and23 commentaries synergizes the efforts of numerous groups across the globe in the ongoing debates on theory development in mathematics education.
  这本书有19个部分，17个引言和23个评论组成，综合了全球众多研究团体在数学教育理论发展争论中所作的工作。
• Long titles, prefaces, and self-authored notes are often used to supplement the poems;
  形式上以长题、诗序、自注作为对诗歌的补充；
• A block away from the library I opened one of the books and read a title: A book of Prefaces.
  站错位，离开了基本位置距离图书馆一个街区了，我打开其中一本书，读一个标题：一本书的序言。
• An Account of Two Prefaces about National Lanzhou University by GU Jie-gang
  顾颉刚关于国立兰州大学的两篇序记述略