1N-COUNT [usually singular]前奏;序幕;开端 You can describe an event as a prelude to a more important event when it happens before it and acts as an introduction to it. 前奏;序幕;开端
Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses. [+ to]
大多数工会认为私有化会不可避免地导致失业。
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。
2N-COUNT 序曲;前奏曲 A prelude is a short piece of music for the piano or organ. 序曲;前奏曲