Word familyadjectiveprefacialprefatorialprefatoryadverbprefatoriallynounpreface
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pref·a·to·ry /ˈprefətəri $ -tɔːri/adjectiveadj [only before noun] formal
ALBEFOREforming a preface or introduction 序言的,引言的;作为开场白的SYN introductory
a few prefatory remarks
几句开场白
Examples from the Corpus
prefatory• And yet the treatment of his characters is not exactly what that prefatory article of his might have led one to expect.• Three further prefatory remarks are necessary.