prelude

英 [ˈpreljuːd]

美 [ˈpreljuːd]

n.  序曲; 前奏曲; 序幕; 前奏; 先声
v.  为…作序; 开头; 成为…的序曲; 演奏序曲; 唱开场戏

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牛津词典

noun

• 序曲；前奏曲
  a short piece of music, especially an introduction to a longer piece
• 序幕；前奏；先声
  an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 前奏；序幕；开端
  You can describe an event as aprelude toa more important event when it happens before it and acts as an introduction to it.
  1. Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses...
     大多数工会认为私有化会不可避免地导致失业。
  2. The conference, which closed yesterday, was a prelude to a Communist Party Central Committee meeting.
     昨天结束的会议拉开了共产党中央委员会会议的序幕。
• N-COUNT 序曲；前奏曲
  Apreludeis a short piece of music for the piano or organ.
  1. ...the famous E minor prelude of Chopin.
     肖邦著名的E小调前奏曲

英英释义

noun

• music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
  1. training is a necessary preliminary to employment
  2. drinks were the overture to dinner
  Synonym:preliminaryoverture

verb

• play as a prelude
• serve as a prelude or opening to

双语例句

• In his autobiographical poem 'The Prelude', Wordsworth describes his boyhood in the Lakes.
  在他的自传体诗《序曲》中，华兹华斯描述了自己在英格兰北部湖区的童年生活。
• This year's Taipei mayoral election is being seen as a prelude to the upcoming presidential election.
  这次台北市长选举，被视为总统选举的前奏。
• This speech has been hailed by his friends as the prelude to his return to office.
  这篇讲话被他的朋友们誉为他官复原职的前奏。
• That would be the prelude to the establishment of a full political union and the introduction of Eurobonds.
  这将成为建立全面政治联盟和推出欧元区共同债券的序曲。
• As if her whole life has been the prelude for this moment.
  就好像她的前半生都只是这一刻的序幕。
• That might be a prelude to bigger policy changes.
  而这可能成为更大政策变革的前奏。
• That was both an exercise of presidential authority, and a prelude to liberal economic reforms.
  这两次逮捕案都是总统权力的展现，以及开启自由主义经济改革的序曲。
• Era of friendship and youth, in a sense is a prelude to emotional development.
  而青春时代的友情，从某种意义上说是情感发育的序曲。
• The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
  这时电话铃响了，这预示着一串意想不到的灾难要降临了。
• The restructuring is a prelude to the award of three 3G licences.
  此项重组是颁发3张3g牌照的前奏。