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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The first part studies the Fu Prefaces 'style feature and function in structure.
  上编论赋序的体式特征及其结构功能。
• Similarly, Poem Prefaces also take the responsibility of expounding the scholars 'literary thoughts.
  与此相类，诗序也承担了相应的阐述文人文学观念的职责。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。