词汇精选:preface的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
前言,引语 [C]
例句:
That book has a preface.
那本书有前言。
例句:
A famous writer wrote a preface to this book.
一位著名的作家为这本书写了前言。
v.
作序,以…开始 [I,T]
例句:
Can you please preface my book?
你能给我这本书作序吗?
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。
二、词义辨析:
introduction,preface
这两个名词均有“前言,导言”之意。 introduction普通用词,指任何作品开头对读者或听众说明或介绍该作品,起引导作用的结论部分,和全书内容是一致的。 preface指作者或编者为说明全书的目的、范围、编辑方法等在序言之前写的一段简短的序文。
三、参考例句:
Has your history book a preface?
你的历史书有序言吗?
Does your history book have a preface?
你的历史书有序言吗?
Can you please preface my book?
你能给我这本书作序吗?
The preface is complete in itself.
这前言本身就是完整的。
The preface of this book is very brief.
这本书的序言非常简短。
He has written a preface to the play.
他为这部戏剧写了序幕。
A famous writer wrote a preface to this book.
一位著名的作家为这本书写了前言。
The accident was the preface to a great scientific discovery.
这一偶然事件成了一项重大科学发现的前奏。
That book has a preface, not a foreword.
那本书有序文,没有前言。
I must preface my remarks with an apology.
讲话前,我必须先表示歉意。
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