中英互译
preface
英 /ˈprefəs/美 /ˈprefəs/
基本释义
- n.(书的)前言,(演讲的)开场白;开端,序幕;(基督教)序祷,序诵
- v.为(书)作序;以……为开端,以……作为开场白
复数prefaces
第三人称单数prefaces
现在分词prefacing
过去式prefaced
过去分词prefaced
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词语例句
(书的)前言,(演讲的)开场白cn.
The author asked his friend to write the preface for his new book.
这位作者邀请了他的朋友来给他的新书写序言。
开端,序幕cn.
We hope that this meeting could be a preface to future cooperation.
我们希望此次会议能成为未来友好合作的开端。
为(书)作序vt.
He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered.
他在前言中简要叙述了日记发现的经过。
以……为开端,以……作为开场白vt.
I will preface what I am going to say with a few lines from Shakespeare.
我将引用莎士比亚的几行诗作为我讲话的开场白。
Preface your remarks with something like: "I know you'll think I'm silly but in my house I don't want…"
可以这样开头:“我知道你们会认为我很傻,但在我的房子里,我不想……”
Today, I'd like to preface my remarks with a story from my own life which I feel highlights the common concerns.
今天,我想先讲一个我自己生活中的故事,我觉得这个故事突出了我们的共同担忧。
- The preface of the book includes an account of the author's life.该书前言记述了作者生平。来自《新英汉大辞典》
- Remember I asked you from the preface, John Ray's preface, to figure out who Dolly Schiller is, who dies in childbed.还记得我曾让你们找出约翰·雷序言中的,死在产床上的多莉是谁。
- The president of the National Academy, Bruce Alberts, added this key point in the preface to the panel's report: "Science never has all the answers."美国国家科学院的主席布鲁斯·阿尔伯茨在该小组报告的前言中补充了这一点:“科学永远无法提供所有答案。”
相关短语
- a preface to sth.……的序幕(或前奏)
- preface sth. with sth.以……为……作序
- Preface by Yu Kuangchung余光中序
- Preface by Prof Ambrose King金耀基教授序
- PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION新版序;目录新版序
- preface and postscript题跋;序跋;序文和跋
- Preface to the English Edition英文版序言
词语扩展
n.
前言;引语
vt.
为…加序言;以…开始
- preface/introduction
- preface指作者或编者为说明全书的目的、范围、编辑方法等在序言之前写的一段简短的序文。
- introduction普通用词,指任何作品开头对读者或听众说明或介绍该作品,起引导作用的结论部分,和全书内容是一致的。
词义分布
前言
68.8%
序言
23.8%
序文
2.5%
作序
2%
绪言
2%
自序
1%
英英释义
- n.a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
- v.furnish with a preface or introduction
- n.an introduction at the beginning of a book
(图书的)序言- Have you read the preface to Kelman's novel?你看过克尔曼那本小说的序言吗?
词源
- preface前言,序言,作序来自古法语preface,前奏,来自拉丁语praefitio,介绍,序言,来自praefari,在前面说的话,来自prae,在前面,fari,说话,来自PIE*bha,说话,词源同fable,fame,fate.
- preface前言它和单词face没有关系。前缀pre表“在前方”,词根fac-表“说”,所以其本义是“在前面说的话”,和中文意思很对应,pre对“前”,fac-对“言”。与之相关的词根为fess“说”,profess“宣称”,本义是“在众人前说”。