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

复数：preludes　现在分词：preluding　过去式：preluded　第三人称单数：preludes　过去分词：preluded　

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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 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。
• 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。
• Ours is the kind of love to which romance novels are just a prelude.
  言情小说中的爱情于我们而言仅仅是一个前奏而已。
• The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude.
  序曲将近结束时帷幕升起来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Now you can play, let's try this prelude.
  你现在可以弹了，先来段前奏。
• This speech has been hailed by his friends as the prelude to his return to office.
  这篇讲话被他的朋友们誉为他官复原职的前奏。
• The agreement is being seen as a prelude to peace.
  这个协议被认为是和平的序曲。