prelude

英 [ˈpreljuːd]

美 [ˈpreljuːd]

n.  序曲; 前奏曲; 序幕; 前奏; 先声
v.  为…作序; 开头; 成为…的序曲; 演奏序曲; 唱开场戏

复数：preludes　现在分词：preluding　过去式：preluded　第三人称单数：preludes　过去分词：preluded　

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牛津词典

noun

• 序曲；前奏曲
  a short piece of music, especially an introduction to a longer piece
• 序幕；前奏；先声
  an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 前奏；序幕；开端
  You can describe an event as aprelude toa more important event when it happens before it and acts as an introduction to it.
  1. Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses...
     大多数工会认为私有化会不可避免地导致失业。
  2. The conference, which closed yesterday, was a prelude to a Communist Party Central Committee meeting.
     昨天结束的会议拉开了共产党中央委员会会议的序幕。
• N-COUNT 序曲；前奏曲
  Apreludeis a short piece of music for the piano or organ.
  1. ...the famous E minor prelude of Chopin.
     肖邦著名的E小调前奏曲

英英释义

noun

• music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
  1. training is a necessary preliminary to employment
  2. drinks were the overture to dinner
  Synonym:preliminaryoverture

verb

• play as a prelude
• serve as a prelude or opening to

双语例句

• This speech has been hailed by his friends as the prelude to his return to office.
  这篇讲话被他的朋友们誉为他官复原职的前奏。
• The rural reform has opened the prelude of China's reform and opening-up.
  农村改革揭开了中国改革开放的序幕。
• As if her whole life has been the prelude for this moment.
  就好像她的前半生都只是这一刻的序幕。
• Ours is the kind of love to which romance novels are just a prelude.
  言情小说中的爱情于我们而言仅仅是一个前奏而已。
• Now you can play, let's try this prelude.
  你现在可以弹了，先来段前奏。
• The agreement is being seen as a prelude to peace.
  这个协议被认为是和平的序曲。
• That would be the prelude to the establishment of a full political union and the introduction of Eurobonds.
  这将成为建立全面政治联盟和推出欧元区共同债券的序曲。
• When you hear the sinuous melody of a Chopin prelude, you are hearing the piano imitate the voice.
  当你聆听肖邦序曲那悠扬的旋律时，你所听到的是模仿人声的钢琴。
• This year's Taipei mayoral election is being seen as a prelude to the upcoming presidential election.
  这次台北市长选举，被视为总统选举的前奏。
• Swift and resolute action leads to success; self-doubt is a prelude to disaster.
  迅速和坚决的行动是成功的保证，自我怀疑是一个灾难的前奏。