The efforts of these border ruffians were a prelude to the civil war.

这些边境恶棍的努力同样阻止了内战的爆发。

They have said this is a prelude to new confrontation.

乌克兰表示，这是新对抗的前奏。

One, it could be a prelude to a possible attack.

第一，这可能是可能进攻的前奏。

The local poll is a worrying prelude to national elections next year.

地方选举是明年全国大选的一个令担忧的前奏。

The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.

这时电话铃响了。它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。

We glance at the Kananaskis Falls, which are a prelude of wonders to come.

看到加纳斯基瀑布是即将见证迹的预兆。

" But before every wedding must come a prelude… that diamond is symbolic of a pledge."

“每场婚礼前都必须有一个前奏即钻石代表着誓言。”

Orcs have attacked us on the road. -Hardly a prelude to war.

半兽在半路上攻击我们。－这也不算是战争的先兆。

The deadness is a prelude to new life; the fallow period is a guarantor of fecund days to come.

死气沉沉是新生命的前奏，休耕期是未来丰饶日子的保证。

The organization insists that the deployment is purely defensive and is not a prelude to creating a no-fly zone over Syria.

该组织称这次部署纯粹是防御性的，并非准备在叙利亚建立禁飞区。

Abstraction was a necessary prelude to clarity.

抽象是清晰的必要前奏。

The next one, number five, is prelude, prelude.

下一个，第五，是序曲，序曲。

It’s also a prelude to reaching the goal that unites us all.

这也是实现团结我们所有的目标的前奏。

North Korea's government controlled media called it a, quote, meaningful prelude to containing Guam.

朝鲜政府控制的媒体称其为遏制关岛的有意义的前奏。

It's the prelude from Bach's first suite in G-Major.

这是巴赫 G 大调第一组曲的前奏曲。

Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future.

超越善恶：未来哲的序曲。

His invasion of Russia is no more than a prelude to an attempted invasion of the British Isles.

他对俄罗斯的入侵只不过是一个未遂的前奏入侵不列颠群岛。

A boss very gently points out a mistake and, out of a fear that this is a prelude to relentless humiliation, we snap back.

老板非常温和地指出一个错误，而出于对这是无情羞辱的前奏的恐惧，我们会迅速回击。

The Baltimore Ravens linebacker says he is agitated but not angry that the story has become part of the Super Bowl-week prelude.

这名巴尔的摩乌鸦队的后卫球员表示他很激动，但并不感到生气，因为丑闻已经成为超级碗的必要前奏了。

She was still upon this ghostly errand when a furious outbreak of drums and saxophones sounded a prelude for the second dance.

当鼓声和萨克斯管的猛烈爆发响起第二支舞的前奏时，她还在执行这个幽灵般的差事。