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the prologue to sth
表示“…的序幕/序言”时，prologue 后常用 to 引出对象。
The prologue to the play introduces the main conflict.
这部剧的序幕介绍了主要冲突。
开场白；序言；序幕
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
开场白；序言；序幕
an introduction to a play
The prologue to the play introduces the main conflict.
这部剧的序幕介绍了主要冲突。
致开场白者
One who delivers a prologue.
戏剧的开场白,序幕
an introduction to a play
程序前导部分
A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
赛前个人计时赛,决定首段领骑衫归属
An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
The prologue of the play introduces the main characters and sets the scene in a small village.
这部戏剧的序幕介绍了主要人物，并把场景设定在一个小村庄。
The author wrote a short prologue to explain how the story began.
作者写了一个简短的序言，解释故事是如何开始的。
The festival opened with a musical prologue performed by local students.
音乐节以当地学生表演的音乐序幕开场。
表示“…的序幕/序言”时，prologue 后常用 to 引出对象。
The prologue to the play introduces the main conflict.
这部剧的序幕介绍了主要冲突。
of 和 to 都可以用，to 更强调所修饰的对象。
In the prologue of the novel, the author describes the village.
在小说的序言中，作者描述了那个村庄。
serve as a prologue to 常用于比喻义，指“作为…的前奏”。
The incident served as a prologue to a larger conflict.
这一事件成了更大冲突的序幕。
Not this
The prologue appears at the end of the book to tell what happens afterward.
Use this
The epilogue appears at the end of the book to tell what happens afterward.
Prologue 意为“序言、序幕”，指作品开头的引入部分；指结尾收束部分的词是 epilogue（尾声、后记）。把两者混淆会导致语义矛盾。
Not this
The novel starts with prologue describing the main character's childhood.
Use this
The novel starts with a prologue describing the main character's childhood.
Prologue 是可数名词，单数形式前需要不定冠词 a 或定冠词 the，不能没有冠词直接使用。
Not this
He wrote a prologue of his autobiography in 1920.
Use this
He wrote a prologue to his autobiography in 1920.
表示“为某作品写的序言”时，prologue 后接介词 to（如 an introduction to a play），不接 of。of 常用于表示所属，但这里强调的是引入的对象，需用 to。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
……的序言；……的序幕
The prologue to the play sets the scene in 19th-century Paris.
这部剧的序幕将场景设定在19世纪的巴黎。
写序言；写序幕
The author wrote a prologue to explain how the story began.
作者写了一篇序言来解释故事是如何开始的。
简短的序言；简短的开场白
After a brief prologue, the main characters appear on stage.
一段简短的开场白之后，主要角色登上了舞台。
作为……的序幕；充当……的开场
The opening scene serves as a prologue to the rest of the film.
开场场景作为影片其余部分的序幕。
该剧的序幕
The play's prologue introduces the two feuding families.
该剧的序幕介绍了两个争斗不休的家族。
凡是过往，皆为序章；过去为未来铺路
The past is prologue; every decision brought us to this opportunity.
凡是过往，皆为序章；每一个决定都让我们走到今天这个机遇面前。
过去只是序幕。
This line is spoken by Antonio in Shakespeare's play The Tempest. It is often used to suggest that history sets the stage for what will happen next.
这句话出自莎士比亚戏剧《暴风雨》中安东尼奥之口，常用来表示历史为未来奠定基础。
Use prologue naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象大幕拉开前，报幕员先上台念的那段序言/开场白，就是 prologue。
语域：formal 常见场景：theater and drama、book publishing、literary criticism 该词通常用于较正式的书面语境，多出现在文学、戏剧或学术讨论中；在日常口语中不算常见。
这些词都以 logue 结尾，拼写块相同；末尾音节在给定美式发音中都读 /lɑɡ/，可与 prologue 的结尾对照。但它们各自的重读元音不同，所以与 prologue 并不构成完整押韵。
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