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

• 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
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• However, our pragmatic approach focuses on linguistic politeness due to its opulence in Chinese prefaces to academic works.
  汉语学术著作序言中的礼貌现象俯拾皆是，因此文中对序言的语用考察主要集中在对其中礼貌现象的梳理和诠释上。
• Jame's prefaces are always important.
  詹姆斯小说的前言总是重要的。
• 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。
• Second-guessing* I don't have time for prefaces.
  我现在没时间听你首先要说什么。