prologue

[US]/ˈprəʊlɒɡ/
[UK]/ˈproʊlɔːɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 序言,開場白
vi. 作序言,作開場白
Word Forms
複數prologues

Example Sentences

the prologue to the French Revolution

法國革命的序幕

the prologue to the Canterbury Tales

《坎特伯雷故事集》的序詩。

recites the prologue and epilogue

朗誦序言和後記

a brief prologue detailing our hero's backstory.

列舉主人公經歷的簡短序幕。

the suppressed prologue to Women in Love.

小說《戀愛中的女人》中那壓抑的開場白。

the events from 1945 to 1956 provided the prologue to the post-imperial era.

1945到1956年發生的一系列事件拉開了后帝國時代的帷幕。

The Prologue is all that precedes the Parode of the chorus; an Episode all that comes in between two whole choral songs; the Exode all that follows after the last choral song.

開場白在合唱隊的進場歌之前;兩首完整的合唱歌曲之間是一個場次;退場歌緊隨最後一首和唱歌。

Real-world Examples

I don't have time for the prologue.

我可沒工夫聽你廢話。

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

So beginning today, the past is just a prologue.

從今天起 過去只是個序章。

Source: Gossip Girl Season 5

I'm going to do the prologue.

我來讀開場白。

Source: Efficient Listening Practice Plan

All dressed up and mooning around like the prologue to a suttee.

打扮得漂漂亮亮的, 就像蘇蒂的序幕一樣。

Source: The Sound and the Fury

" If past is prologue, that same strategy is likely to be central to efforts to subvert an election in the future."

“如果過去只是一個序幕,那麼同樣的策略很可能會成爲未來破壞選舉的核心。”

Source: New York Times

If past is prologue, Keane says, the tragedy in Parkland and the ensuing debate could spur an urgency among Americans to stock up.

基恩表示,如果之前的一切還只是個序幕,那麼,帕克蘭的悲劇以及隨之而來的爭論可能會激發國民囤貨的緊迫感。

Source: Time

He joined the party because he wanted to invite somebody to prologue his new book: " The Projectile Project" .

他參加這個晚會是因爲他想請人爲他的新書《拋射體工程》寫序言。

Source: Pan Pan

She's the author and illustrator of a wonderful book, called " Thank you, Mr. Falker." She begins with a special introduction, a prologue.

她是一本很棒的書的作者和插畫家,書名叫《謝謝你,法爾克先生》。她以一個特別的介紹開始,即序言。

Source: Storyline Online English Stories

However, we are not here  to talk about the aftermath; we are here to talk about the prologue: how did the war start?

但是,我們不是來這裏談論後果的;我們在這裏講序幕:戰爭是如何開始的?

Source: Charming history

But all of this is just a prologue to what the next batteries are going to do.

但所有這一切只是下一代電池將要做什麼的序幕。

Source: Bloomberg Insights

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