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单词 introductory
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introductoryadj.n.

Brit. /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌɪntrəˈdəkt(ə)ri/, /ˌɪntroʊˈdəkt(ə)ri/
Etymology: < late Latin intrōductōrius (intrōductōrii libri Cassiod.), < participial stem of intrōdūcĕre to introduce v.: see -ory suffix2, and compare French introductoire (Godefroy).
A. adj.
1. Serving to introduce or bring in; introductive of. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective]
introduct?a1475
introductory1605
insititious1639
invecteda1641
introductive1659
non-native1855
introduced1884
1605 E. Coke Rep. v. i. 8 a The said Act..was not a Statute introductorie of a new law, but declaratorie of the old.
1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 108 They are not only good in themselves, but are introductory of all other virtues.
1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 48 Such testimony is dangerous and introductory of fraud.
2. Introducing to something that follows; leading up to or on to something; preliminary.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > preliminary or introductory
preparatory1442
proemial1447
isagogicala1529
liminary1603
inducing1605
prelusive1605
preambling1608
prefatory?c1622
ushering1628
preambulary1630
inductory1632
introductive1638
prelusory1638
preambulous1646
preambular1647
preludial1647
preliminary1650
prefacive1651
preludious1651
introitory1652
prodromous1652
introductory1660
superliminary1675
exordiala1682
prodrome1682
prodromal1716
premisory1844
prefatiala1848
inductive1868
prolusory1868
inleading1889
prodromic1891
1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade a Merchants Accounts epitomised;..here being both the Introductory part and Practicall.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 34 I place Schools before Colledges, because they are introductory thereunto.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. i. 87 Containing a Portion of introductory Writing. View more context for this quotation
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 110 In the introductory scene Plato raises the expectation.
3. Serving to introduce personally.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > serving to introduce
introductory1787
1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 25 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 203 Dr. Willard..favored me with a number of introductory letters to gentlemen at the southward.
1812 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Feb. (1964) I. 262 I considered the motives which actuated me in writing the inclosed sufficiently introductory to authorize me in sending you some copies.
B. n.
1. An introductory treatise or textbook.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] > introductory
introductoryc1400
abecedary?a1475
institution1537
introduction1540
horn-book1609
ABC book1611
guide1617
initial1716
primer1722
prolegomenon1786
grammar1792
entrée1926
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) Prol. 3 The .5. partie shal ben an introductorie aftur the statutz of owre doctours, in which thow maist lerne a gret part of the general rewles of theorik in Astrologie.
?1533 G. Du Wes (title) An introductorie for to lerne..to speke French trewly.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Introductory, isagogicon.
2. A step leading on to something further; a preliminary step.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step
introductionc1386
deductiona1535
induction?1544
preamble1548
flourish1552
preludium1563
primordium1577
preparativec1580
exordium1581
introit1583
foregoinga1586
prologuea1586
preface1589
prelusion1597
proem1598
prolusion1601
introductory1646
preliminary1656
prelimination1667
flourishing1687
little go1842
preluding1858
foreword1888
prelim1891
prelimen1898
run-in1900
opening gambit1911
prolegomenon1926
lead-in1928
pipe-openera1936
lead-up1953
intro1964
1646 E. Fisher Marrow Mod. Divin. (ed. 2) 137 Sometimes the name of repentance is given to those preparatory beginnings and introductories thereof.
1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1164 A propitious introductory to a union between the Protestant churches in Germany and England.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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