prelude

In his book Collapse, Jared Diamond shows how ecological crisis is often the prelude to social catatrosphe(6).

杰拉德·戴蒙德在他的著作《崩溃》中展示了生态危机为什么往往是社会大灾难的前奏（6）。

That would be a prelude to 'long-term operation of a space station, ' he said.

王文宝说，这是建立长期空间站的前奏；

Perhaps the Sayadaw's instruction was a prelude to analysis of nama-rupa which he would deal with in his later sermons.

也许明昆长老的教导只是一个前奏，他可能会在后面的开示中分析名色。

The slowdown was worse than economists expected but is likely to be viewed by the Federal Reserve as a prelude to a gradual recovery.

这种经济放缓程度要低于经济学家的预期，但美联储（FederalReserve）可能将其视为经济逐渐复苏的前奏。

Between April and June businesses sharply increased the number of hours worked by employees, which is often a prelude to hiring new workers.

在4月到6月期间，各企业都大大增加了员工的工作时间，这通常是招收新员工的一个征兆。

Their gathering serves as a prelude to the two-day spring meeting of the IMF and World Bank, which begins the next day.

这次会议是第二天召开的为期两天的国际货币基金组织和世界银行的春季会议的序幕。

Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif calls it "a prelude to a revolution" . He made it to the rally by defying an order for his house arrest.

反对党领导人那瓦兹。谢里夫称之为“一场革命的开端”，他公然反抗对他的软禁命令而发起这场集会。

A smile from someone in a shop, say, is a reassuring gesture and a prelude if not to grooming, then at least to conducting business.

比如说，商店里的人的微笑是一种令人放心的表示，如果说不是为了表示亲近，至少是开始做生意的前奏。

She paused. Every one was mutely expectant of what was to follow, feeling that this was merely a prelude.

她沉默一会儿，大家都不开腔，等待着就要发生什么事，都觉得这只是一个开场白而已。

That means that this good-bye is both a good-bye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.

这意味着这“再见”不但是对过去上万年的再见，也是对未来来开序幕。

Error is often the precursor of what is correct, but conceit is the prelude to a fall.

错误往往是正确的先导，骄傲是跌跤的前奏。

But all of that is only a prelude to what truly matters as a developer: writing code and building solutions.

但是它们对开发人员而言只不过是序幕而已：编写代码和构建解决方案。

As a prelude to these contestable claims, Mr Dawkins examines the interesting question of why religion is so widespread.

作为这些有争议之论点的铺垫，道金分析了为何宗教得以广泛流传这样一个有趣的问题。

It does not appear that he means by this an acceptance of original sin so much as a prelude to major change or revolution. But to what?

这似乎并不意味着他像在重大变革或者革命的前奏那样把这当作原罪来接受，不过，那是什么前奏呢？

All of these arrangements were a prelude to the ball, the hostess' ultimate prize.

所有这些安排都是这次舞会的序曲，舞会才是女主人的最终目的。

For a surprising number of countries , running out of money has been the prelude to national renewal .

国库亏空一向是国家重建的前奏，有这种情况的国家数量惊人。

Leaders are now busy lowering expectations, saying that this summit will be a prelude to a "Copenhagen II" in 2010.

领导人们现在纷纷忙于降低人们的期望，称这次峰会只是2010年“哥本哈根第二次会议”的前奏。

This was widely seen as a prelude to the sale of the mobile business to reduce the company's huge debts.

大多数人认为，这是公司将移动业务卖出的前兆——此举旨在减轻公司债务。

This one could be a prelude to the anger and disillusionment that is only beginning to swell.

这可能就是刚刚开始膨胀的愤怒和醒悟的前奏。

Furthermore, Asimov himself did not mention The End of Eternity in the series listing from Prelude to Foundation.

此外，艾西莫夫他在“基地前奏”中列的系列书单没有提起“永恒的终结”。