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

• Poem Prefaces related to religion is another big kind of Poem Prefaces in the Tang Dynasty.
  与宗教有关的诗序是唐代诗序的又一大类。
• 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；
• 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 prefaces and epilogues of the Ci collections are very important forms of our Ci theory criticism.
  词籍序跋是我国词学理论批评的一种十分重要的形式。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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
• Waley knew quite well of ancient Chinese novels and wrote prefaces to the English translations of several Chinese novels.
  他对中国古代小说及小说史也甚为通晓，曾多次为他人的英译中国小说作序。
• Second-guessing* I don't have time for prefaces.
  我现在没时间听你首先要说什么。