pre-,在前，早于，-lud,玩，演奏，词源同allude,interlude.

1. 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。

2. The prelude to the musical composition is very long.

这首乐曲的序曲很长.

3. The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room.

这个序曲就象清晨房间里的一块三棱镜一样灿烂辉煌.

4. The discussions were a prelude to the treaty.

这些讨论是签订该条约的前奏.

5. 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。