proem
/proh-em/US // ˈproʊ ɛm //UK // (ˈprəʊɛm) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounintroduction
Examples
After writing these words I read to G. the Proem and opening scene of my novel, and he expressed great delight in them.
In the proem to this idyl I seem to see two shadowy figures passing up and down over a lonesome land.
Machiavelli lays much stress upon this in the Proem to his Istorie Fiorentine.
The opening—the proem I believe he calls it—is very beautiful.
Proem, printed in two of his books, is certainly the best thing he has done hitherto.
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