introduction
n. 採用; 新引用的事物; 介紹; 初次經歷; 引言; 入門書; 外來品; 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.
埃倫·馬洛斯在她為《家務政治學》一書所作的序言中對這些爭論進行了總結。
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.
總而言之,這是一本通俗而務實的物理入門書。
...'Psychology and Language: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics'.
《心理學與語言:心理語言學入門》
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.
在他們最近引進的東西里面有兩樣給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.
邁克爾·傑克遜,當然,眾所周知。
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
這兩個名詞均有"前言,導言"之意。
He encouraged the introduction of new medical treatments.
他鼓勵採用新的醫療方法.
The introduction tells you how to use the book.
引言告訴你怎樣使用這本書.
The book's introduction is brief.
該書的引言簡短.
A letter of introduction will ensure you an interview.
憑一封介紹信準保會接待你.
The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.
兔子是相對較新引入澳大利亞的物種.