【突破英文词汇】pre -- before 先前
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（单词翻译）
1. preface /ˈprefis/
-- foreword; preliminary remarks; author's introduction to a book
The preface usually provides information that the reader should know before the book.
序言常提供给读者一些阅读本书前需要了解的信息。
2. preview /ˌpri:ˈvju:/
-- view of something before it is shown to the public
Last night my parents attended a preview of a play scheduled to open next Tuesday.
昨天晚上我父母亲去看了一出定于下星期二演出的戏剧的试演。
3. precede /ˌpriˈsi:d/
-- go before; come before
Did your report follow or precede Jane's?
你的报告在简的报告之后还是之前？
-- put a barrier before;
impede2; prevent; make impossible
A prior engagement
precludes3 my coming to your party.
先前的一个约会使我不能参加你的宴会。
5. preconceive /ˈpri:kənˈsi:v/
-- form an opinion beforehand without adequate evidence
My preconceived dislike for the book disappeared when I read a few chapters.
先前对这本书的厌恶在我读了几章以后就消失了。
6. prefabricate /pri:ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt/
-- construct beforehand
Prefabricate homes are quickly
erected4 by putting together large sections
previously5 constructed at a factory.
预制装配式房屋只要把事先在工厂做好的大组件拼装起来，就可以很快地盖好。
7. premeditate /priˈmediteit/
-- consider beforehand
The jury
decided6 that the blow was struck in a moment of panic and had not been premeditate.
陪审团判决那一拳是在恐慌下击出的，并非预谋。
8. presume /priˈzju:m/
-- (literally, "take beforehand") take for granted without proof; assume; suppose
Nineteen of the sailors have been rescued. One is missing and presumed dead.
19名水手获救，有一个失踪且被认为已经死亡。
-- (literally, "cooked or
ripened8 before its time") showing mature characteristics at an early age
If Nancy's three-year-old brother can read, he must be a precocious child.
如果南希三岁大的弟弟会读书，那他一定是个早熟的小孩。
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