preface ['prefis] n. (書籍、演講等的)序言，前言，緒言，引語，開場白
introduction [,intr?'d?k?n] n. 前言，引言，序言；導論；(音樂的)序曲
foreword ['f?:w?:d] n. (文章、雜誌等的)序，序言，序文，前言，緒言，同近義詞: introduction; perface
英文preface、foreword都含“書的正式篇章開始之前的壹段文字”的意思。
preface 指“由書的作者或他人為該書寫的序言或序文，它是與本書分開的壹部分，用來解釋寫書的目的、重要性等，篇幅壹般比foreward長”。 如:
This book has a preface written by the author.
這本書有作者寫的序言。
foreword 指“書的簡短的序文”, 如:
That book has a preface, not a foreword.
那本書有序文, 沒有前言。
參考例句：
1. The preface to this book is on the preceding page
前邊壹頁是這本書的序言。
2. To preface a Book By a life of the writer
以作者的生平作為壹本書的序言
3. In her preface she pours out vials of wrath on her detractors.
在序言裏她對她的誹謗者表示憤慨。
4. This Book has a preface written By the author.
這本書有作者寫的序言。
5. This foreword of the book is writed by a famouse writer .
這本書的序言是由壹個著名作家寫的。
6. The preface is complete in itself.
這前言本身就是完整的。
7. The accident was the preface to a great scientific discovery.
這壹偶然事件成了壹項重大科學發現的開端。
8. Can you please preface my book?
妳能給我這本書作序嗎？
9. The preface of the book includes an account of the author's life.
該書前言記述了作者生平。
10. Jame's prefaces are always important .
詹姆斯小說的前言總是重要的。
11. The introduction explains how the chapters are organized .
前言部分說明各章的怎樣組織。
12. In his preface hawthorne seeks to explain the attraction that italy has for the writers of romances .
霍桑在前言中試圖闡明意大利對傳奇作家的吸引力。