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

• The agreement is being seen as a prelude to peace.
  这个协议被认为是和平的序曲。
• When the prelude began, everybody became quiet. That's the overture to Mozart's Don Giovanni.
  前奏曲一拉响，大家就安静下来了。那是莫扎特的《唐·吉奥瓦尼》的前奏曲。
• The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude.
  序曲将近结束时帷幕升起来了。
• Closer social and economic ties between the countries serve as a prelude to economic and monetary union.
  这些国家间更加紧密的社会和经济联系成为经济和货币联盟的先声。
• 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。
• That's how prelude and interlude get jumbled, so let it be.
  让插曲和序曲就这么混在一起上吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• All of these arrangements were a prelude to the war, their ultimate ulterior motive.
  所有这些安排都只是这次战争的序曲，战争才是他们最终的不可告人的目的。