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IELTS BNC: 9103 COCA: 13278

preface

noun
/ˈprefəs/
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  1. an introduction to a book, especially one that explains the author’s aims（书的）前言，序言 compare foreword
    • preface to something I read it in the preface to her new book.我在她新书的序言中读到的。
    • in a preface In his preface he claimed that he had created a new kind of music.他在前言中声称他创造了一种新音乐。
    Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin praefatia, alteration of Latin praefatio(n-) ‘words spoken beforehand’, from the verb praefari, from prae ‘before’ + fari ‘speak’.

preface

verb
/ˈprefəs/
/ˈprefəs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they preface
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he / she / it prefaces
/ˈprefəsɪz/
/ˈprefəsɪz/
past simple prefaced
/ˈprefəst/
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past participle prefaced
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-ing form prefacing
/ˈprefəsɪŋ/
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  1. preface something (with something) to provide a book or other piece of writing with a preface为…写序言
    • He prefaced the diaries with a short account of how they were discovered.他在前言中简要叙述了发现日记的经过。
    • Each chapter is prefaced by a quotation from Shakespeare.每一章都以引用莎士比亚的话为开头。
  2. preface something by/with something | preface something by doing something (formal) to say something before you start making a speech, answering a question, etc.以…为开端；作…的开场白
    • I must preface my remarks with an apology.讲话前，我必须先表示歉意。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin praefatia, alteration of Latin praefatio(n-) ‘words spoken beforehand’, from the verb praefari, from prae ‘before’ + fari ‘speak’.
IELTS BNC: 9103 COCA: 13278
IELTS BNC: 9103 COCA: 13278
preface noun
⇨ introduction 2
IELTS BNC: 9103 COCA: 13278

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