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

• 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；
• 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。
• The Relationship of Henry James's Prefaces to the Texts
  论亨利·詹姆斯序言与文本的关系
• 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
• An Account of Two Prefaces about National Lanzhou University by GU Jie-gang
  顾颉刚关于国立兰州大学的两篇序记述略
• 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 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。
• Prefaces and Postscripts to Translated Works and Translation Studies
  译作序言跋语与翻译研究
• 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。
• 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。