prelude

英 [ˈpreljuːd]

美 [ˈpreljuːd]

n. 序曲; 前奏曲; 序幕; 前奏; 先声
v. 为…作序; 开头; 成为…的序曲; 演奏序曲; 唱开场戏

复数：preludes　现在分词：preluding　过去式：preluded　第三人称单数：preludes　过去分词：preluded　

Collins.1 / BNC.9954 / COCA.11839

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noun

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

N-COUNT 前奏；序幕；开端
You can describe an event as aprelude toa 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。
N-COUNT 序曲；前奏曲
Apreludeis 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

noun

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

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。
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。
The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude.
序曲将近结束时帷幕升起来了。
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。
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。
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。
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。
That might be a prelude to bigger policy changes.
而这可能成为更大政策变革的前奏。
The agreement is being seen as a prelude to peace.
这个协议被认为是和平的序曲。
Now you can play, let's try this prelude.
你现在可以弹了，先来段前奏。