For some, retirement can be a boring prelude to senility and death.对有些人来说, 退休可能是衰老和死亡的无聊前奏。

That first misunderstanding now seemed like a prelude to all the angry arguments which followed.最初的那个误会现在看起来就像是后来所有愤怒争吵的前奏。

The protests are today seen as a prelude to the uprising against Ceausescu.这些抗议如今被视为那场反对齐奥塞斯库的暴动的序幕。