prelude

noun

1. 序曲；前奏曲
   a short piece of music, especially an introduction to a longer piece
2. 序幕；前奏；先声
   an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it

1. N-COUNT 前奏；序幕；开端
   You can describe an event as a prelude to a 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。
2. N-COUNT 序曲；前奏曲
   A prelude is 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

1. The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude.
   序曲将近结束时帷幕升起来了。
2. 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。
3. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
   这时电话铃响了，这预示着一串意想不到的灾难要降临了。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. Now you can play, let's try this prelude.
   你现在可以弹了，先来段前奏。
7. The agreement is being seen as a prelude to peace.
   这个协议被认为是和平的序曲。
8. As a prelude to the discussion of the photoelectric effect, we consider briefly a related phenomenon.
   作为论光电效应的序言，我们简短地叙述一个有关的现象。
9. I hope this will be the prelude to a better cooperation and prosperous business between us.
   我希望这将成为我们之间友好合作与繁荣贸易的前奏。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. The rural reform has opened the prelude of China's reform and opening-up.
    农村改革揭开了中国改革开放的序幕。
13. 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。
14. Swift and resolute action leads to success; self-doubt is a prelude to disaster.
    迅速和坚决的行动是成功的保证，自我怀疑是一个灾难的前奏。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. Era of friendship and youth, in a sense is a prelude to emotional development.
    而青春时代的友情，从某种意义上说是情感发育的序曲。
18. That's how prelude and interlude get jumbled, so let it be.
    让插曲和序曲就这么混在一起上吧。
19. That might be a prelude to bigger policy changes.
    而这可能成为更大政策变革的前奏。
20. The restructuring is a prelude to the award of three 3G licences.
    此项重组是颁发3张3g牌照的前奏。
21. In his autobiographical poem 'The Prelude', Wordsworth describes his boyhood in the Lakes.
    在他的自传体诗《序曲》中，华兹华斯描述了自己在英格兰北部湖区的童年生活。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. Closer social and economic ties between the countries serve as a prelude to economic and monetary union.
    这些国家间更加紧密的社会和经济联系成为经济和货币联盟的先声。
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. But markets disagree over whether this is the prelude to another inflation scare.
    但对于这是否是另一场通胀恐慌的前奏，市场存在分歧。
30. When you hear the sinuous melody of a Chopin prelude, you are hearing the piano imitate the voice.
    当你聆听肖邦序曲那悠扬的旋律时，你所听到的是模仿人声的钢琴。

noun

1. music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera

2. 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

1. play as a prelude

2. serve as a prelude or opening to