prologue

• n. 开场白；序言
• vt. 加上…前言；为…作序

pro-,在前，-log,说话，词源同dialogue,lecture.即在前面说的话，序言，开场白。

prologue (n.)

early 14c., from Old French prologue (12c.) and directly from Latin prologus, from Greek prologos "preface to a play, speaker of a prologue," literally "a speech beforehand," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + logos "discourse, speech," from legein "to speak" (see lecture (n.)).

1. This was a prologue to today's bloodless revolution.

这拉开了当今不流血革命的序幕。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A poor wedding is a prologue to misery.

不幸的婚姻是痛苦的开始.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The prologue to the novel is written in the form of a newspaper account.

这本小说的序言是以报纸报道的形式写的。

来自辞典例句

4. The prologue to the report is brief and to the point.

这篇报道的导语写得言简意赅.

来自互联网

5. Fans watch Lance Armstrong race the prologue trial July 3 in Rotterdam.

球迷观看比赛的序幕兰斯阿姆斯特朗计时赛7月3日在鹿特丹.

来自互联网