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

• 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。
• 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 agreement is being seen as a prelude to peace.
  这个协议被认为是和平的序曲。
• Now you can play, let's try this prelude.
  你现在可以弹了，先来段前奏。
• As a prelude to the discussion of the photoelectric effect, we consider briefly a related phenomenon.
  作为论光电效应的序言，我们简短地叙述一个有关的现象。
• 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 problem of starting a counter-offensive is the problem of the "initial battle" or "prelude".
  反攻开始问题，即所谓初战或序战问题。
• When you hear the sinuous melody of a Chopin prelude, you are hearing the piano imitate the voice.
  当你聆听肖邦序曲那悠扬的旋律时，你所听到的是模仿人声的钢琴。
• Michelson and Morley had sounded the prelude to special relativity.
  迈克耳孙和莫雷已经奏出了狭义相对论的序曲。
• Swift and resolute action leads to success; self-doubt is a prelude to disaster.
  迅速和坚决的行动是成功的保证，自我怀疑是一个灾难的前奏。