prologue

プロローグ、序章

物語や芝居を紹介する、冒頭の語りや部分。

やさしい英語で： An opening speech or section that introduces a story or play.

• Read the prologue first.
• The play begins with a short prologue.
• Her novel has a prologue set fifty years earlier.

使い方： prologue to something (The prologue to the play explains the conflict.)

類義語： introduction, preface

反対語： epilogue

よく使う表現： short prologue, prologue to something, opening prologue

関数プロローグ

プログラムの別の部分が動く前に、必要な準備をする部分。

やさしい英語で： A part of a computer program that gets things ready before another part runs.

• The prologue saves the registers.
• This compiler generates a short function prologue.
• The routine cannot run correctly without its prologue.

反対語： epilogue

よく使う表現： function prologue, routine prologue

序幕の語り手

芝居が始まる前に導入の言葉を述べる人。

やさしい英語で： A person who gives the opening speech before a play.

• The prologue stepped onto the stage.
• An actor playing the prologue welcomed the audience.
• The prologue spoke before the main characters appeared.

よく使う表現： the prologue enters, prologue speaks

聖人伝朗読集

聖人の生涯など、教会で日ごとに読む文章を収めた本。

やさしい英語で： A church book with readings for each day, including accounts of saints’ lives.

• The monk opened the prologue.
• Today’s reading in the prologue describes a saint’s life.
• The monastery kept an old prologue in its library.

よく使う表現： read the prologue, church prologue

序文を付ける

正式な前置きや序文を付けて始める。

やさしい英語で： To begin something with a formal introduction.

• She prologued the play with a speech.
• The author prologues his story with a warning.
• He prologued the ceremony with some formal remarks.

使い方： prologue something with something (He prologued the story with a short poem.)

類義語： introduce, preface

よく使う表現： prologue something with, prologue a play