Preface
[ 'prɛfəs ]
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n. 序言，引语;开端，前奏;[宗]（弥撒的）序诵，序祷;
vi.&vt. 作为…的序言，作为…的开端;作序;给…作序;开始，导致;
💡 词根助记
pre前面+face脸，面→前脸→前言，序言
📝 例句
I have read this preface of book.
我已读过这本书的前言。
That dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
那部词典有一篇序文，不是前言。
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。
The preface to this book is on the preceding page.
前边一页是这本书的序言。
There's something you haven't got, I suppose, and this is the preface.
你准是缺少点什么东西，先来这么一个开场白。
🌱 联想助记
【串】坟墓surface(表面),有一个facet(面),是他的face(脸),旁边是preface(引语),说热爱peace(和平)
【记】※ pre-前缀“在…前”,face-脸:书前面的脸→序言
※ face-脸,preface-序文、前言:序言是放在书前面的脸
※ pre-前缀“在…前”,face-面向:在开始之前要面向大家说开场白
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
pre-表示“前”
📖 牛津释义
preface
n
1 introductory statement atthe beginning of a book, esp one that explains the author'saims 序言; 前言. Cf 参看 foreword, introduction 2.
2 preliminary part of a speech 开?quot;? 引语. preface, v [Tn.pr]
1 ~ sth with sth provide sth with a preface(1) 给某书作序
He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered. 他给这本日记写了序言, 简述日记发现的经过.
2 ~ sth with sth/by doing sth begin or introduce (a speech, etc) 开始（讲话等）; 作（讲话等的）开?quot;?BR> She prefaced her talk with an apology/by apologizing for being late. 她先为迟到表示歉意, 然後开始讲话.
🎯 考研助记
{书}前面(pre)的脸(face)是 封面
🔁 扩展释义
*['prefis]n. 序, 绪言, 前言vi. 作序, 写前言vt. 给...作序, 以...开始
🏥 医学释义
序，序言
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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Yes.
明白了。
No, more, about 130 years ago. Most of the slave owners were rich farmers who lived in the south. They wanted to keep their slaves.
不，还要早，大约130年前。大多数奴隶主都是住在南方的富有的农场主。他们想保留自己的奴隶。
Are you English?
你是英国人吗？