一、詳細釋義:


n.

前言,引語 [C]


例句:

That book has a preface.

那本書有前言。


例句:

A famous writer wrote a preface to this book.

一位著名的作家為這本書寫了前言。


v.

作序,以…開始 [I,T]


例句:

Can you please preface my book?

你能給我這本書作序嗎?


例句:

I will preface what I am going to say with a few lines from Shakespeare.

進入正題之前,我先引用莎士比亞的幾句詩作為開場白。


二、詞義辨析:


introduction,preface

這兩個名詞均有“前言,導言”之意。 introduction普通用詞,指任何作品開頭對讀者或聽眾說明或介紹該作品,起引導作用的結(jié)論部分,和全書內(nèi)容是一致的。 preface指作者或編者為說明全書的目的、范圍、編輯方法等在序言之前寫的一段簡短的序文。


三、參考例句:


Has your history book a preface?

你的歷史書有序言嗎?


Does your history book have a preface?

你的歷史書有序言嗎?


Can you please preface my book?

你能給我這本書作序嗎?


The preface is complete in itself.

這前言本身就是完整的。


The preface of this book is very brief.

這本書的序言非常簡短。


He has written a preface to the play.

他為這部戲劇寫了序幕。


A famous writer wrote a preface to this book.

一位著名的作家為這本書寫了前言。


The accident was the preface to a great scientific discovery.

這一偶然事件成了一項重大科學發(fā)現(xiàn)的前奏。


That book has a preface, not a foreword.

那本書有序文,沒有前言。


I must preface my remarks with an apology.

講話前,我必須先表示歉意。