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& postscripts of ci collections are another kind of important literature morphology in ci study criticism.
  词籍序跋是词学批评的另一种主要文献形态。
• 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 paper takes prefaces to books as the study subject.
  本论文将以书目序言作为研究对象。
• 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
• Prefaces and Postscripts to Translated Works and Translation Studies
  译作序言跋语与翻译研究
• Second-guessing* I don't have time for prefaces.
  我现在没时间听你首先要说什么。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。