1·They were stories of a god who violently slays the forces of chaos, represented as watery dragons, as a prelude to creation.
这些故事讲述的是一个神以水龙的形象出现并用暴力杀死混沌的力量，这是创世的序幕。
2·For him, reading was a necessary prelude to sleep.
对他来说，阅读是入睡的必要前奏。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Love is but a prelude to life.
爱情仅仅是生活的序曲。
4·That might be a prelude to bigger policy changes.
而这可能成为更大政策变革的前奏。
5·One partner may see this as a prelude to marriage.
一方可能觉得这是婚姻的前奏。
6·The line form a prelude to his long narrative poem.
这几行诗是他那长篇叙事诗的序诗。
7·But this act of purchase is only the prelude to possession.
但购买这次行动是唯一前奏对财产。
8·This stalemate, in a sense, is a prelude to what is to come.
这样的僵持局面，某种意义上来说，是即将到来事件的一个序幕。
9·All very strange. I just hope it isn't the prelude to any fun and games.
一切都很蹊跷，我希望这不是一场好玩游戏的先兆。
10·It is, as BAE says, "a prelude to the next generation of fighting capacity."
正如BAE公司所言，这是彰显下一代作战能力的序幕。