preamble meaning in English
n.
1.序，绪言；(条约等的)前言。
2.预兆性事件；开端，端倪。
vi.
作序言[绪论]。 without preamble 开门见山地，直截了当地。
Examples
- Thereupon this phrase in the preamble was depleted .
因此，前言中的这一句话就被删去了。 - In time the conference succeeded in adopting a preamble .
最后，会议终于通过了一个序言。 - This extraordinary preamble to the worker's demands was received differently in four different quarters .
这篇铿锵的应工人要求的檄文在四个居住区引起了不同反响。 - The preamble to the united nations charter expresses the ideals and the common aims of all the peoples whose governments joined together to form the united nations .
联合国宪章的序言表达了其政府共同建立联合国的各国人民的理想和共同目标。 - He was troubled by its "hell-fired" quality, and tried to make the book more attractive by supplying a lengthy preamble on the salem custom house .
他还担心这本书会形同一把“地狱之火”，为了更吸引人，还在书前写了一篇描写塞勒姆海关的长序。