prelude
n. 序曲,前奏曲; 开场戏,序幕; 前兆,预兆
You can describe an event as a prelude to a more important event when it happens before it and acts as an introduction to it.
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。
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。
A prelude is a short piece of music for the piano or organ.
...the famous E minor prelude of Chopin.
肖邦著名的E小调前奏曲
1. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;
2. music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
1. serve as a prelude or opening to
2. play as a prelude
The prelude to the musical composition is very long.
这首乐曲的序曲很长.
The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room.
这个序曲就象清晨房间里的一块三棱镜一样灿烂辉煌.
The discussions were a prelude to the treaty.
这些讨论是签订该条约的前奏.
In his autobiographical poem'The Prelude ', Wordsworth describes his boyhood in the Lakes.
在他的自传体诗《序曲》中,华茲华斯描述了自己在英格兰北部湖区的童年生活.
Error is often the precursor of what is correct, but conceit is the prelude to a fall.
错误往往是正确的先导, 骄傲是跌跤的前奏.