preface的双解释义是：n.(名词)[C]序言,前言 an introduction to a book or speech[C]开端,前奏 an action that is intended to introduce sb else more important。preface的例句是用作名词(n.)That dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.那部词典有一篇序文，不是前言。preface的读音是英['prefəs]；美['prefəs]。
一、详尽释义点此查看preface的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.（书的）序言，前言，绪论
Apreface is an introduction at the beginning of a book, which explains what the book is about or why it was written.
2.以…为开端；以…作为开场白
If youpreface an action or speechwith something else, you do or say this other thing first.
e.g. I willpreface what I am going to say with a few lines from Shakespeare...
进入正题之前，我先引用莎士比亚的几句诗作为开场白。
e.g. The president prefaced his remarks by saying he has supported unemployment benefits all along.
总统在发表讲话前说他一直以来都支持发放失业津贴。
四、例句
That dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
那部词典有一篇序文，不是前言。
The preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her.
绪言中包含她对那些帮助过她的人的致谢声明。
Can you sort me out on how to write this preface?
你能对怎样写这个前言给我提点建议吗？
The preface of this diary recounted her life.
这本日记的前言叙述了她的生活。
Several pages of closely reasoned argument preface her account of the war.
她那部关于战争的著述之前有几页论证严谨的序言。
I must preface my remarks with an apology.
讲话前，我必须先表示歉意。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
The Interpretation of Dreams, he confessed in the preface to the second edition, was 'hard to read'.
出自：P. GayI will preface no longer, but proceed.
出自：I. Walton七、词义辨析
preface的相关近义词
introduction、begin、introduce、precede
preface的相关临近词
prefect、preen、preface to、Preface row、Preface style、Preface row rule、preface to friend、Preface to Cromwell、preface information、preface to rhapsody、Preface by Dr Dan Lu