prefatory

adj.

1. 序言性的；前言性的；导言性的
   acting as a preface or an introduction to sth
   1. a prefatory note
      卷首语

1. The same remark applies to all prefatory notions whatever about philosophy.
   所有哲学的序言概念，都是由同样的方法得到的。
2. Prior to or preparing for the main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory.
   开头的，初步的先于主要事件、行动或业务的或为其作准备的；
3. The content of craved stone is divided into the announcement topic and the prefatory remarks, which has provided the first material for the study of history, culture and custom in Han Dynasty.
   画像石文字内容分榜题和题记两类，内容丰富，为研究汉代历史、文化、风俗等提供了第一手资料。
4. The content of a book or document exclusive of prefatory matter, codicils, indexes, or appendices.
   正文除去序言、补遗、索引和附录的书或文献的主要部分。
5. Prefatory Discussion of Festival ( Folk) culture of China
   中国节日（民俗）文化序论
6. Chapter Four studies on the "difficult" rhythm from two terms: one is similarity of the three prefatory chapters, the other is the close relationship among the three parts.
   第四章从两个方面：一是小说三章前言的相似，二是小说中三部分之间的密切关系，探讨了福斯特关于节奏的另一种形式&较难的节奏。
7. In this paper we use these two methods to solve elliptic partial differential equations and give the error estimate. In the end using numerical example verifies prefatory conclusion.
   本文用这两种方法求解椭圆型偏微分方程，并给出误差估计等内容，最后用数值实例进行了验证。

adj

1. serving as an introduction or preface

   Synonym:    introductoryprefatorial