introduction
n. 采用; 新引用的事物; 介绍; 初次经历; 引言; 入门书; 外来品; 前奏
The introduction to a book or talk is the part that comes at the beginning and tells you what the rest of the book or talk is about.
Ellen Malos, in her introduction to 'The Politics of Housework', provides a summary of the debates.
埃伦·马洛斯在她为《家务政治学》一书所作的序言中对这些争论进行了总结。
If you refer to a book as an introduction to a particular subject, you mean that it explains the basic facts about that subject.
On balance, the book is a friendly, down-to-earth introduction to physics.
总而言之,这是一本通俗而务实的物理入门书。
...'Psychology and Language: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics'.
《心理学与语言:心理语言学入门》
You can refer to a new product as an introduction when it becomes available in a place for the first time.
There are two among their recent introductions that have greatly impressed me.
在他们最近引进的东西里面有两样给我留下了非常深刻的印象。
If you say that someone or something needs no introduction, you mean that they are so well known that everyone knows who or what they are.
Michael Jackson, of course, needs no introduction.
迈克尔·杰克逊,当然,众所周知。
1. the first section of a communication
2. the act of beginning something new;
3. formally making a person known to another or to the public
4. a basic or elementary instructional text
5. a new proposal;
6. the act of putting one thing into another
7. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
introduction, preface
这两个名词均有"前言,导言"之意。
He encouraged the introduction of new medical treatments.
他鼓励采用新的医疗方法.
The introduction tells you how to use the book.
引言告诉你怎样使用这本书.
The book's introduction is brief.
该书的引言简短.
A letter of introduction will ensure you an interview.
凭一封介绍信准保会接待你.
The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.
兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种.