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

• That might be a prelude to bigger policy changes.
  而这可能成为更大政策变革的前奏。
• That was both an exercise of presidential authority, and a prelude to liberal economic reforms.
  这两次逮捕案都是总统权力的展现，以及开启自由主义经济改革的序曲。
• The orchestra played a short prelude before the ballet began.
  管弦乐队在芭蕾舞开始之前演奏了一段很短的前奏曲。
• But markets disagree over whether this is the prelude to another inflation scare.
  但对于这是否是另一场通胀恐慌的前奏，市场存在分歧。
• In his autobiographical poem 'The Prelude', Wordsworth describes his boyhood in the Lakes.
  在他的自传体诗《序曲》中，华兹华斯描述了自己在英格兰北部湖区的童年生活。
• The restructuring is a prelude to the award of three 3G licences.
  此项重组是颁发3张3g牌照的前奏。
• 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。
• Now you can play, let's try this prelude.
  你现在可以弹了，先来段前奏。
• I hope this will be the prelude to a better cooperation and prosperous business between us.
  我希望这将成为我们之间友好合作与繁荣贸易的前奏。