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

• Michelson and Morley had sounded the prelude to special relativity.
  迈克耳孙和莫雷已经奏出了狭义相对论的序曲。
• The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude.
  序曲将近结束时帷幕升起来了。
• As if her whole life has been the prelude for this moment.
  就好像她的前半生都只是这一刻的序幕。
• That would be the prelude to the establishment of a full political union and the introduction of Eurobonds.
  这将成为建立全面政治联盟和推出欧元区共同债券的序曲。
• This era of peace was only a prelude to the maelstrom of the Warring States Period.
  这个时代的和平只是一个序幕，相邻的战国时期。
• This year's Taipei mayoral election is being seen as a prelude to the upcoming presidential election.
  这次台北市长选举，被视为总统选举的前奏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His frequent depression is the prelude to a complete mental breakdown.
  他经常抑郁寡欢，后来精神完全崩溃了。