詞匯精選:preface的用法和辨析
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。
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