Just a quick note preface before I start in earnest.

在正式开始前先简单几句。

Let me just preface this with a big disclaimer that screams, " I should have known better."

让先做个免责声明就是，" 早就该意识到了。"

What did the writer say in the preface of the book?

作者在这本书的序什么?

I preface by saying that I'm a pet lover. I'd love dogs.

刚开始自己是一名宠物爱好者。喜欢狗狗。

And I want to preface this by saying, I don't have all the details.

首先想，没有完善的细节。

The book begins with a preface explaining the author's intentions.

这本书以序开始, 解释了作者的意图。

But to preface it, I grew up without social media.

不过前情提要一下，成长的过程中没有使用过交媒体。

This preface quotes a passage from The Libation Bearers, by Aeschylus.

这篇序引用了埃斯库罗斯 (Aeschylus) 的《祭酒人》中的一段话。

In English you can preface this question with a phrase that helps to soften it.

在英语中，你可以在这个问题的前面加上一个短语来让你的话柔和一点。

She prefaced this invitation with so many apologies that she quite excited my curiosity.

她在发出邀请之前了那么多道歉的话，这让非常好奇。

I'm super classy, so I'm just gonna preface it with that.

很有品位，所以先这句话。

First, by using systematic skimming—having a look at the title, back cover, contents, and preface.

首先，通过系统性地略读（这本书）了解它——查看标题、封底、目录和序。

In this short book by P. D. Mangan, prefaced by Dr. Leo Zacharski, he lists various studies on the detrimental effects of excess iron in people without hemochromatosis.

在这本由P. D. Mangan 撰写的简短的书中，Leo Zacharski 博士为其写了序，他列举了各种关于铁过量对没有患血色素沉着症的人的有害影响的研究。

It was the custom on Egdon to begin the preface to a story before absolutely entering the house, so as to be well in for the body of the narrative by the time visitor and visited stood face to face.

埃格敦荒原上有一种习俗，上别人家去报告消息，要在还没有完全进门以前就把开场白起来，以便等到宾主面对面站着的时候，已经讲到消息的正文。

They asked the other half the same question, but prefaced it with the fact that Asians make up nearly 40 percent of the UC student body — three times their share of the state's population.

他们问另一半同样的问题，但提问前叙述了一个事实即亚裔占加州大学学生总数的近40%——是亚裔在加州人口比例的三倍。

Let's first preface this with three key questions to ask about the worthiness of fasted cardio: The first two is, does fasted cardio provide a body composition benefit?

前两个是，空腹有氧运动对身体组成有好处吗？

When Truman becomes president, he prefaces it by saying like, we are going to be in a position to end civilization if we don't make the right decisions.

杜鲁门就任总统后，他在开场白中：" 如果不做出正确的决定，们将会终结文明。

It is unclear why Tim Cook, Apple's boss, prefaced the launch of the iPhone 13 on September 14th with a serenade to the Golden State.

目前还不清楚，为什么苹果老总蒂姆·库克会在9月14日iPhone 13发布会上用一首献给金州（加州别称）的赞曲作为开场白。

I will let you take your first break.And with this material as a preface I will begin with a brief explanation of the Frank Watts material.

会让你们休息一下。在这段当作前的资料之后，要开始稍微解释一下弗兰克·沃茨的资料。

" This, " I said by way of a preface meant to keep his interest alive, " is the spot where Monet came to paint."

“这是莫奈作画的地方。”借着一段开场白来引起他的兴趣。