新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

preface

英  [ˈprefɪs]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • prefaces

    1[C 可数名词] 前言

    A preface is an introduction at the beginning of a book that explains what the book is about or why it was written.

    近义词

    foreword

    双语例句

    例:

    the preface to Kelman's novel.

    凯尔曼小说的前言。

    VERB. 动词
  • prefaces , prefacing , prefaced

    1[T 及物动词] 以…作为开场白 , 以…作为开始

    If you preface an action or speech with something else, you do or say this other thing first.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

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