foreword

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɔːwɜːd/    美 /ˈfɔɹwɝd/|/ˈfɔɹwɚd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
    — He closes the foreword by acknowledging that his proposals would have far-reaching impacts on railway staff, communities and industry - and passes the buck onto government to ensure that these consequences are managed appropriately.

词形变化

forewords plural

词汇关系

反义词
afterword back matter epilogue endsay conclusion last word postamble

词源

Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also Old English forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).
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