prefaces是什么意思？

prefaces

• n. 序言( preface的名词复数 )，前言，开端，前奏；

例句

• Jame's prefaces are always important. 詹姆斯小说的前言总是重要的.
• Several extraneous prefaces were cut out of the prayer book at the beginning of the eleventh century. 11世纪初，几篇无关紧要的序言被从这本祈祷书中删去了。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （书的）序言，前言，绪论
  A preface is 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 you preface an action or speech with something else, you do or say this other thing first.
  例句
  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。 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。