preamble

• n. 序文；電報報頭；先兆
• vi. 作序文

pre-,在前，早於，amble,走。引申詞義前言。

preamble (n.)

late 14c., from Old French preambule (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin preambulum, neuter adjective used as a noun, properly "preliminary," from Late Latin praeambulus "walking before," from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + ambulare "to walk" (see amble (v.)).

1. The aims of the treaty are stated in its preamble.

條約的宗旨已在序言中說明。

來自《權威詞典》

2. He spoke without preamble.

他沒有開場白地講起來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. "I would like you to return to the villa as soon as possible," she said without preamble.

她開門見山地說：“我想讓你盡快回到別墅。”

來自柯林斯例句

4. The controversy has arisen over the text of the preamble to the unification treaty.

針對統一條約的序文出現了爭論。

來自辭典例句

5. In time the conference succeeded in adopting a preamble.

最後,會議終於通過了一個序言.

來自辭典例句