| 词汇 | prefaced |
| 释义 | prefaced past simple and past participle ofpreface preface verb[ T ] formaluk /ˈpref.ɪs/ us /ˈpref.ɪs/ If you preface your words or actions with something else, you say or do this other thing first: 为…写序言;作为…的开端（或序幕） Each work is prefaced by a descriptive note and concludes with an author's note.每一作品都以说明性文字作开端，以作者自己的批注为结尾。 I should like to preface my response with the following observation.我想以以下评论作为我回应的开头。 Preceding and introducing announce antedate beat build (someone/something) up countdown curtain-raiser emcee forerunner introduction introductory lead lead up to something lead-in open the door to somethingidiom preliminarily preliminary prelude reintroduce review run something up Examples of prefacedprefaced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The chapters are prefaced by a short introduction and the volume concludes with the thinnest of bibliographies. These acknowledgments sometimes occurred alone, and sometimes prefaced a relevant move-on. This is problematic, as it is cumbersome to teach a phenomenon when the data needs to be prefaced with a caveat. Some chapters start with only a brief introduction whereas others are prefaced by a substantial treatise. A lengthy contextual statement introduces each section, with individual documents being prefaced by a brief, though insightful, narrative. In both surveys, the items were prefaced by a statement that the policies referred only to natural children of the parents. Each section is prefaced by a brief introduction providing the theoretical background informing the choice of texts. Answers to why-type questions may be prefaced by because, which identifies what follows as an explanation fitted to the question. The dictionary has lists of rhyming slang and of backslang, both prefaced by a brief history and discussion. The letters for each year are prefaced by the same kind of material that introduces the first year. These chapters are prefaced with useful introductory essays, supplying readers with necessary contextual details and acquainting them with the most recent scholarship. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。