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
网络 前言; 序文; 卷首语
The preface of the book includes an account of the author´s life.
该书前言记述了作者生平。
Remember I asked you from the preface, John Ray´s preface, to figure out who Dolly Schiller is, who dies in childbed.
还记得我曾让你们找出约翰·雷序言中的,死在产床上的多莉是谁。
The president of the National Academy, Bruce Alberts, added this key point in the preface to the panel´s report: "Science never has all the answers."
美国国家科学院的主席布鲁斯·阿尔伯茨在该小组报告的前言中补充了这一点:“科学永远无法提供所有答案。”
I must preface my remarks with an apology.
讲话前,我必须先表示歉意。
I will preface what I am going to say with a few lines from Shakespeare.
我将引用莎士比亚的几行诗作为我讲话的开场白。