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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Second-guessing* I don't have time for prefaces.
  我现在没时间听你首先要说什么。
• A Comparative Study of Hedges in Linguistic Book Prefaces between Chinese and English an Adaptation Theory Approach
  中英文语言学专著前言中模糊限制语对比研究&顺应论视角
• 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；
• 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。
• This book consisting of19 parts, 17 prefaces and23 commentaries synergizes the efforts of numerous groups across the globe in the ongoing debates on theory development in mathematics education.
  这本书有19个部分，17个引言和23个评论组成，综合了全球众多研究团体在数学教育理论发展争论中所作的工作。
• 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。