n.序言，引语; 开端，前奏; [宗]（弥撒的）序诵，序祷
v.为…写序言,以…为开端；作…的开场白

n.(名词)

前言，引语，序言，绪言，引子，序文，序
前奏
【宗】序诵，序祷（常大写）
开场白
前沿
开端，序幕
v.(动词)

作序，写序文，给...作序，为...加序言，写前言
开始，作为...的开端，以...为开端，以...开始
导致
作…的开场白
作为…的序言，作为...的序文

preface前言，序言，作序
来自古法语preface,前奏，来自拉丁语praefitio,介绍，序言，来自praefari,在前面说的话，来自prae,在前面，fari,说话，来自PIE*bha,说话，词源同fable,fame,fate.

Preface by Yu Kuangchung → 余光中序
Preface by Prof Ambrose King → 金耀基教授序
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION → 新版序；目录新版序
preface and postscript → 题跋；序跋；序文和跋
Preface to the English Edition → 英文版序言
Preface to the Chinese-English Edition → 汉英双语版前言
work preface → 工序；工序控制
Preface by Chief Editor → 主编卷首语
Preface to the First Edition → 第一版序言；初版前言；初版的序言；第一版前言

1. He has written a fine preface to the play.
[汉]他为这个剧本写了一篇精彩的序言.
——来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Several pages of closely reasoned argument preface her account of the war.
[汉]她那部关于战争的著述之前有几页论证严谨的序言.
——来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The preface to this book is on the preceding page.
[汉]前边一页是这本书的序言.
——来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The preface of the book includes an account of the author's life.
[汉]该书前言记述了作者生平.
——来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. The subject has been referred to cursorily in the preface.
[汉]这个问题在序言中已粗略地提到了.
——来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

【Noun】

1. a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
【Verb】

1. furnish with a preface or introduction;
"She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
"He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"