preface
preface 英 [ˈprefəs] 美 [ˈprefəs]
n. 前言；引语 vt. 为…加序言；以…开始 vi. 作序
进行时:prefacing 过去式:prefaced 过去分词:prefaced 第三人称单数:prefaces 名词复数:prefaces
- A preface is an introduction to the main text of a book, when an author or critic can write directly to the reader. A preface often describes how a book came together, like a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the final product.
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- n. 前言；引语
- vt. 为…加序言；以…开始
- vi. 作序
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1. I would see it as a preface, or a table of contents, alerting the reader to what the book is about.
我倾向于把这看作一则前言，或一则目录表，用来警醒读者们真正理解这一文本。
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2. My email address is at the end of the preface of each of my books and I read all the email that I receive.
我的电子邮件地址印在了这几本书前言的末尾，我会看收到的每一封邮件。
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3. He intimates in its preface that his new book, Intellectuals and Society (Basic Books), should be considered the third of a conservative trilogy that blasts intellectuals.
索厄尔在他的新书《知识分子与社会》（基础读物）的前言中称，这本书是保守党抨击知识分子的三部曲之最后一部。
- preface (n.) late 14c., from Old French preface "opening part of sung devotions" (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin prefatia, from Latin praefationem (nominative praefatio) "fore-speaking, introduction," in Medieval Latin "prologue," noun of action from past participle stem of praefari "to say beforehand," from prae "before" (see pre-) + fari "speak," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say."
- preface (v.) 1610s, from preface (n.). Related: Prefaced; prefacing.
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