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】

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
  1. 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。
• 以…为开端；作…的开场白
  to say sth before you start making a speech, answering a question, etc.
  1. I must preface my remarks with an apology.
     讲话前，我必须先表示歉意。

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。

英英释义

noun

• a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
  Synonym:forewordprolusion

verb

• furnish with a preface or introduction
  1. She always precedes her lectures with a joke
  2. He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
  Synonym:precedepremiseintroduce

双语例句

• 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 subject has been referred to cursorily in the preface.
  这个问题在序言中已粗略地提到了。
• 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。
• A famous writer wrote a preface to this book.
  一位著名的作家为这本书写了前言。
• I have filled in four of the six gaps that I enumerated in the preface to the initial version.
  我已经补充了我在初版的序言中所列举六个空白点的四个。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was a brief introduction of the book in the preface.
  前言中有对书的简单介绍。
• Each of the old readers has a brief preface that highlights the authors 'views about books and reading.
  每本老读本都有一篇简短的序言，着重指出作者对书本和阅读的观点。