The efforts of these border ruffians were a prelude to the civil war.

这些边境恶棍的努力同样阻止了内战的爆发。

They have said this is a prelude to new confrontation.

乌克兰表示，这是新对抗的前奏。

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

第一，这可能是可能进攻的前奏。

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

半兽人在半路上攻击我们。－这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前奏，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.

该组织称这次部署纯粹是防御性的，并非准备在叙利亚建立禁飞区。

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

这也是实现团结我们所有人的目标的前奏。

His invasion of Russia is no more than a prelude to an attempted invasion of the British Isles.

他对俄罗斯的入侵只不过是一个未遂的前奏入侵不列颠群岛。

A boss very gently points out a mistake and, out of a fear that this is a prelude to relentless humiliation, we snap back.

老板非常温和地指出一个错误，而出于对这是无情羞辱的前奏的恐惧，我们会迅速回击。

Since then, the resumption of the college entrance examination system played a prelude to the reform and opening up, affecting and changing the fate of several generations.

此后，高考制度的恢复奏响了改革开放的序曲，影响和改变了几代人的命运。

It’s also a prelude to reaching the goal that unites us all. When this party and better still this country knows what it is like to win again.

这也是让我们团结在一起的前奏。我们共和党，还有我们国家即将再次尝到胜利的滋味。

An erotic fantasy isn't a prelude to forcing one's unsolicited attention on another person; it's a mature admission that nothing is ever going to happen.

色情幻想并不是强迫一个人不请自来地关注另一个人的前奏；这是一个成熟的承认， 什么都不会发生。

" The speed and scale of what is happening now could be just a prelude to the chance discoveries we're going to have to make over a longer period."

现在正在发生的事情的速度和规模可能只是一个前奏，我们将不得不在更长的一段时间里做出一些偶然的发现。”

We envisioned the trip as a prelude to more exotic ones, perhaps to New Delhi or Bangkok later this year, but thought our 11-and 13-year-olds needed a first step away from manicured boulevards and pristine monuments.

我们将这次旅行设想为更具异国情调的旅行的前奏，也许今年晚些时候去新德里或曼谷，但认为我们 11 岁和 13 岁的孩子需要迈出远离修剪整齐的林荫大道和原始纪念碑的第一步。