prelude

noun

1. music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera

2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

e.g. training is a necessary preliminary to employment
drinks were the overture to dinner

Synonym: preliminaryoverture

verb

1. play as a prelude

2. serve as a prelude or opening to

1. 前奏；序幕；开端
You can describe an event as a prelude to a more important event when it happens before it and acts as an introduction to it.

prelude的翻译

e.g. Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses...
大多数工会认为私有化会不可避免地导致失业。
e.g. The conference, which closed yesterday, was a prelude to a Communist Party Central Committee meeting.
昨天结束的会议拉开了共产党中央委员会会议的序幕。

2. 序曲；前奏曲
A prelude is a short piece of music for the piano or organ.

e.g. ...the famous E minor prelude of Chopin.
肖邦著名的E小调前奏曲

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