preface.

/pref-is/US // ˈprɛf ɪs //UK // (ˈprɛfɪs) //

序言,前言,序文,序论

Definitions

1.
- ›a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- ›an introductory part, as of a speech.
- ›something preliminary or introductory: The meeting was the preface to an alliance.
- ›Ecclesiastical. a prayer of thanksgiving, the introduction to the canon of the Mass, ending with the Sanctus.

1.
pref·aced, pref·ac·ing.
- ›to provide with or introduce by a preface.
- ›to serve as a preface to.

verbintroduce

Synonyms

In his preface, Solomon suggests that other movements can learn from this one.
Music journalist Joel Selwin annotates, with a preface by Donovan, a foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, and an afterword by John Poppy.
I quote Immanuel Kant in my preface, defining enlightenment as mankind coming out of its self-imposed immaturity.
Elizabeth Drew writes about that in the preface of her republished book about Nixon.
An excerpt from Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross, recently re-released with a new preface.
Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
This poem is a rather free translation of a similar poem by Guillaume de Deguileville, as pointed out in the Preface, p. 60.
These last three verses are a kind of preface to the following chapter, which is written in the style of an epistle from the king.
But I am anxious to make three inquiries relative to this really important document and its fictitious preface.
The first edition prints Richardsons preface and two complimentary letters.

/pref-is/US // ˈprɛf ɪs //UK // (ˈprɛfɪs) //

序言,前言,序文,序论

1.
- ›a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- ›an introductory part, as of a speech.
- ›something preliminary or introductory: The meeting was the preface to an alliance.
- ›Ecclesiastical. a prayer of thanksgiving, the introduction to the canon of the Mass, ending with the Sanctus.

1.
pref·aced, pref·ac·ing.
- ›to provide with or introduce by a preface.
- ›to serve as a preface to.

verbintroduce

Synonyms

In his preface, Solomon suggests that other movements can learn from this one.
Music journalist Joel Selwin annotates, with a preface by Donovan, a foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, and an afterword by John Poppy.
I quote Immanuel Kant in my preface, defining enlightenment as mankind coming out of its self-imposed immaturity.
Elizabeth Drew writes about that in the preface of her republished book about Nixon.
An excerpt from Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross, recently re-released with a new preface.
Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
This poem is a rather free translation of a similar poem by Guillaume de Deguileville, as pointed out in the Preface, p. 60.
These last three verses are a kind of preface to the following chapter, which is written in the style of an epistle from the king.
But I am anxious to make three inquiries relative to this really important document and its fictitious preface.
The first edition prints Richardsons preface and two complimentary letters.