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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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；
• Jame's prefaces are always important.
  詹姆斯小说的前言总是重要的。
• 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。
• The prefaces focus on the methods of the research of the instruction of the crown prince and its meaning.
  前言主要说明研究太子教育的方法和意义。
• 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。
• 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。