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prologue

/proh-lawg, -log/US // ˈproʊ lɔg, -lɒg //UK // (ˈprəʊlɒɡ) //

序幕,序言,序章,序曲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
    • : an introductory speech, often in verse, calling attention to the theme of a play.
    • : the actor or actress who delivers this.
    • : an introductory scene, preceding the first act of a play, opera, etc.
    • : any introductory proceeding, event, etc.: Appetizing delicacies were the prologue to a long dinner.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    pro·logued, pro·logu·ing.

    • : to introduce with or as if with a prologue.

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Examples

  • As he explains in the prologue to “A Zoo in My Luggage,” “To me extirpation of an animal species is a criminal offence, just as the destruction of something else that we cannot recreate or replace, such as a Rembrandt or the Acropolis, would be.”

  • With a paranoid urgency, Prokopios writes in the prologue that he wants to come clean and tell us what actually happened.

  • So the movie started with the prologue of the son telling the story of what happened to dad.

  • I’ve yet to spend a lot of time with the latest version of that device, but if past is any prologue, it’s a solid choice for those looking for an Android-compatible Apple alternative at a good price.

  • The problems associated with getting people to wear masks, which is a much simpler solution than visiting a health care professional and receiving a shot, is prologue to what we’ll see when it comes to getting people vaccinated, he explained.

  • Here is a title that, in its prologue, tasks players with fighting a horde of angels on top of a moving jet.

  • “The past is prologue,” says a Democratic House leadership aide.

  • It also features a scene that is shockingly reminiscent of the prologue in The Dark Knight Rises.

  • These moves are positive, but if past is prologue, any real change could take years to enact.

  • But in a nation that has existed for more than 5,000 years, the past is more than a prologue.

  • Trewely is here three syllables, which is the normal form; cf. Prologue, 761; Kn.

  • Both in the present passage and in the Pardoner's Prologue the verb to erme is used with the same sb., viz.

  • And this was as it should be; the intent of that little prologue was merely to whet the appetite for the real play.

  • Used ludicrously to mean a feat of horsemanship in l. 50 of the Manciple's Prologue.

  • The dropped word is clearly here, which rimes with manere in the Miller's Prologue, and elsewhere.