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foreword

/fawr-wurd, -werd, fohr-/US // ˈfɔrˌwɜrd, -wərd, ˈfoʊr- //UK // (ˈfɔːˌwɜːd) //

前言,序言,序文

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a short introductory statement in a published work, as a book, especially when written by someone other than the author.

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  • Combining engrossing, urgent storytelling with illustrations, personal images and a foreword by Gloria Steinem, Chicago relays the story of an artist determined to ensure that women’s cultural achievements are permanently valued.

  • In the foreword to her little dog-centric collection A Dog Runs Through It, poet Linda Pastan refers to one of her many dogs as “the dog of my life,” as in the love of one’s life.

  • With a fantastic foreword by Bill Nye and curation by Nirmala Nataraj, The Planets has 256 pages that help you feel closer to our night sky.

  • Music journalist Joel Selwin annotates, with a preface by Donovan, a foreword by Jorma Kaukonen, and an afterword by John Poppy.

  • In a brand new foreword to her novel that is being re-released with branding ties to the movie, Lowry discusses this.

  • It is preceded by a foreword Cramer later wrote about the genesis of piece.

  • Gen. Richard Dannatt, head of the British army from 2006 to 2009, wrote a foreword to the book, which is published on Monday.

  • At least How to Be has a warning in its foreword: Morrissey and Juzwiak are professionals, but they are not experts.

  • Foreword” and “inwit” were good once; but “preface” and “conscience” 245 mean as much and have the advantage of being alive.

  • I read the story itself first and afterwards the preface, or foreword.

  • Idaho made a motion as if to stop him, but Graeme stepped quickly foreword and said sharply, 'Make way there, can't you?'

  • In a foreword to the readers of the New Dawn, however, a faintly ominous note was sounded.

  • The books and articles spoken of in the “Foreword” of this volume, pages 7–9, are not re-listed here.