foreword

/ˈfɔːwɜːd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfɔːrwɜːrd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfȯr-(ˌ)wərd/ (ame, mw)

foreword — 名詞

  • forewordsingular
  • forewordsplural

1. a brief signed essay that opens a book and is contributed by a third party — typ

1.名詞C1
釋義

前言；序言

由他人撰寫、置於正文前的推介短文

a brief signed essay that opens a book and is contributed by a third party — typically a respected author, scholar, or public figure — who introduces the work or speaks to its value, rather than being written by the book's own author

例句

Ritu asked her old professor to write the foreword to her first novel.

Ritu 請她以前的教授為她的第一本小說寫序言。

foreword to [book] + by [person]

The foreword by Benjamin Okonkwo explained why the recipes mattered to his family.

Benjamin Okonkwo 寫的前言說明了這些食譜對他家族的意義。

foreword by [named person]

同義詞
  • preface

    usually by the author themselves, often explaining how the book came about

  • introduction

    part of the book's main content, not a separate front-matter endorsement

  • prologue

    a narrative opening in fiction, not a third-party endorsement

反義詞
  • afterword

    a short piece placed AFTER the main text, often reflecting on it

  • epilogue

    closes a narrative; typically internal to the story

文法句型

foreword to [book]

foreword by [person]

用法筆記

Distinguish from 'preface' (written by the author about the book's origin) and 'introduction' (part of the main text). A foreword is typically signed by someone other than the author and acts as an endorsement.

常見錯誤

❌I wrote a forward for my friend's book.
✅I wrote a foreword for my friend's book.
💡'forward' means a direction; 'foreword' is the book-front text.
❌The author wrote the foreword of her own book.
✅The author wrote the preface of her own book.
💡a foreword is normally by someone else; an author's own opening text is a preface.