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 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。
• The Relationship of Henry James's Prefaces to the Texts
  论亨利·詹姆斯序言与文本的关系
• 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。
• 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；
• 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
• Five types of the relationship in the field of the higher education& Based on the prefaces and postscripts written by Pan Mao-yuan
  高等教育视野中的五类关系&基于潘懋元先生序跋的解读
• Ji Xianlin and Chinese Comparative Literature From 8 Prefaces
  从八篇序言管窥季羡林与中国比较文学
• Prefaces and Postscripts to Translated Works and Translation Studies
  译作序言跋语与翻译研究
• 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；
• 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。