preamble

/pree-am-buhl, pree-am-/US // ˈpriˌæm bəl, priˈæm- //UK // (priːˈæmbəl) //

序言,前言,序言部分,弁言

Related Words

preface序言,前言,序文,序论 prelude前奏,前奏曲,序幕,前言

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an introductory statement; preface; introduction.
- : the introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows.
- : a preliminary or introductory fact or circumstance: His childhood in the slums was a preamble to a life of crime.
- : the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution, setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words, “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union. …”

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounintroduction

Synonyms

preface序言,前言,序文,序论 prelude前奏,前奏曲,序幕,前言

Examples

Our dinner was a preamble to The Lyle Hotel’s opening last month.
Like Jennings, he serves on the Finance Committee, which initially approved the preamble and then backtracked to remove it.
I just don’t think the preamble was productive or necessary.
A state Senate committee voted to strike the preamble from the bill so the legislation could keep moving forward.
Add this to his four World Championships in the 10,000 meters and it was clear to see why the British television broadcasters, in their preamble to the event, called Kenenisa “the world’s greatest distance runner.”
These first two cases appear mainly as preamble, summarized without much elaboration.
In short, not getting enough sleep is slowly killing us—and that nighttime preamble is certainly not helping.
You appeared via video at the South by Southwest conference with the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution green screened behind you.
First, the Second Amendment itself includes a preamble referring to the necessity of a “well-regulated militia.”
Why have information spoken to you after an unnecessary preamble when you could read a text?
All this preamble is to introduce the fact that the somebody new is the owner of Old Place.

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an introductory statement; preface; introduction.
- : the introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows.
- : a preliminary or introductory fact or circumstance: His childhood in the slums was a preamble to a life of crime.
- : the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution, setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words, “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union. …”

Examples

Our dinner was a preamble to The Lyle Hotel’s opening last month.

Like Jennings, he serves on the Finance Committee, which initially approved the preamble and then backtracked to remove it.

I just don’t think the preamble was productive or necessary.

A state Senate committee voted to strike the preamble from the bill so the legislation could keep moving forward.

Add this to his four World Championships in the 10,000 meters and it was clear to see why the British television broadcasters, in their preamble to the event, called Kenenisa “the world’s greatest distance runner.”

These first two cases appear mainly as preamble, summarized without much elaboration.

In short, not getting enough sleep is slowly killing us—and that nighttime preamble is certainly not helping.

You appeared via video at the South by Southwest conference with the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution green screened behind you.

First, the Second Amendment itself includes a preamble referring to the necessity of a “well-regulated militia.”

Why have information spoken to you after an unnecessary preamble when you could read a text?

All this preamble is to introduce the fact that the somebody new is the owner of Old Place.