prefaced
past simple and past participle ofpreface
| 单词 | prefaced |
| 释义 | prefaced past simple and past participle ofpreface preface verb[T] formaluk/ˈpref.ɪs/us/ˈpref.ɪs/If you prefaceyourwords oractionswith somethingelse, you say or do this other thing first: Eachworkis prefacedbyadescriptivenoteandconcludeswith an author'snote. I should like to preface myresponsewiththefollowingobservation. Preceding and introducing
Examplesofprefacedprefaced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The chapters areprefacedby a short introduction and the volume concludes with the thinnest of bibliographies. From theCambridge English Corpus These acknowledgments sometimes occurred alone, and sometimesprefaceda relevant move-on. From theCambridge English Corpus This is problematic, as it is cumbersome to teach a phenomenon when the data needs to beprefacedwith a caveat. From theCambridge English Corpus Some chapters start with only a brief introduction whereas others areprefacedby a substantial treatise. From theCambridge English Corpus A lengthy contextual statement introduces each section, with individual documents beingprefacedby a brief, though insightful, narrative. From theCambridge English Corpus In both surveys, the items wereprefacedby a statement that the policies referred only to natural children of the parents. From theCambridge English Corpus Each section isprefacedby a brief introduction providing the theoretical background informing the choice of texts. From theCambridge English Corpus Answers to why-type questions may beprefacedby because, which identifies what follows as an explanation fitted to the question. From theCambridge English Corpus The dictionary has lists of rhyming slang and of backslang, bothprefacedby a brief history and discussion. From theCambridge English Corpus The letters for each year areprefacedby the same kind of material that introduces the first year. From theCambridge English Corpus These chapters areprefacedwith useful introductory essays, supplying readers with necessary contextual details and acquainting them with the most recent scholarship. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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