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

时电话铃响了。它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。

They have said this is a prelude to new confrontation.

乌克兰表示，是新对抗的。

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

第一，是进攻的。

All were silent, expectant of what was to follow, for this was clearly only a prelude.

大家都不作声，等着下文，觉得她只说了开场白。

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

地方选举是明年全大选的一令人担忧的。

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奇迹的预兆。

In fact, it was a Chopin prelude I remember listening to in the eighth grade.

事实上，是我记得八年级时听过的肖邦曲。

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

“每场婚礼都必须有一即钻石代表着誓言。”

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

半兽人在半路上攻击我们。－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，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。

A lot of people want to say prelude, or prelude, but it should be prelude.

很多人想说prelude，或者prelude，但是应该是prelude。

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

下一，第五，是序曲，序曲。

Your boy drove on top of my sweet Prelude.

你的男孩开在我甜蜜的曲上。

But in most cases, planning must be a deliberate prelude to writing.

但在大多数情况下，计划必须是写作的。

What if the known world was only 26 the prelude to some more splendid panorama?

如果已知的世界只有 26 更壮丽的全景的怎么办？

Is the stockmarket surge sustainable—or the prelude to a correction?

股市上涨是否持续——还是调整的？

But the act of purchase is actually only the prelude to possession in the case of a book.

但就一本书而言，购买行为实际上只是拥有的。

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

也是实现团结我们所有人的目标的。