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

• 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；
• 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；
• Jame's prefaces are always important.
  詹姆斯小说的前言总是重要的。
• This paper takes prefaces to books as the study subject.
  本论文将以书目序言作为研究对象。
• 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。
• 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。
• Therefore, we will study the Prefaces and Postscripts novels the first to study the author, such talents prefaces and postscripts a better understanding of fiction motive and the songwriter.
  因此，我们研究志怪小说序跋思想首先要研究序跋作者，这样才能更好地理解小说创作者动机和小说主题。
• For all further information concerning the technical particulars of this work I refer the reader to the prefaces of Marx and Engels.
  欲深入了解这部著作的技术性细节，我建议读者参考马克思和恩格斯的前言。
• Poem Prefaces is mainly narrative, but its lyric quality is quite prominent as well.
  诗序是以叙述为主的，但其抒情性也相当突出。
• A Comparative Study of Hedges in Linguistic Book Prefaces between Chinese and English an Adaptation Theory Approach
  中英文语言学专著前言中模糊限制语对比研究&顺应论视角