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单词 prolegomenon
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Definition of prolegomenon in English:

prolegomenon

nounPlural prolegomena ˌprəʊlɪˈɡɒmɪnən-nən
  • A critical or discursive introduction to a book.

    a prolegomenon to the second part
    the prolegomena to the enquiry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Properly speaking, these relics are but prolegomena to resurrection.
    • The book is organized on a conventional scheme of theological loci, from prolegomena through eschatology.
    • To me, they feel like a prolegomena to another volume.
    • After some elaborate prolegomena, the book follows a calendrical sequence, each poem dated and grouped by month so that the events of a hundred years follow a seasonal ebb and flow, not chronology.
    • The systematic theologians among the authors turn either to history or to prolegomena.
    • Close reading of classical texts, he believes, ‘is a necessary prolegomenon both to understanding the traditions of Christian culture and to the articulation of constructive theological statements’.
    • In a philosophical prolegomenon, Schmidt examines twin interpretive narratives that, he argues, have obscured the study of modern hearing.
    • This first chapter is a necessary prolegomenon, but for the casual reader or one unfamiliar with the issues, it would prove hard going.
    • He begins with a 1400-page prolegomena, entitled ‘The Doctrine of the Word of God,’ containing a strong emphasis on preaching or church proclamation as the material of dogmatics.
    • Most of this essay will be a lengthy digression, a prolegomenon to a much needed investigation of the material specificity of film in relation to the female body and its syntax.
    • That same year, 1981, he published ‘Europa,’ a prolegomenon to Omeros and later work.
    • We have been attending to ‘exists’ and ‘is’ not for their own sake but purely as a prolegomenon to an ontological question, namely, that of existence.
    • This can be seen as a prolegomenon to making wise women's theories influential.
    • I make that lengthy prolegomenon in order to ensure that my point is not misunderstood.
    • Horton's work is a prolegomenon of sorts, though it could be written only in the collapse of modernity.
    • For this reason, theological construction needs no elaborate, foundation-setting, certainty-gaining prolegomenon.
    • The answer to this question may be that Aristotle does not intend Book VI to provide a full answer to that question, but rather to serve as a prolegomenon to an answer.
    Synonyms
    beginning, start, outset, inception, launch, birth, dawn

Derivatives

  • prolegomenary

  • adjective
  • prolegomenous

  • adjective

Origin

Mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek, passive present participle (neuter) of prolegein 'say beforehand', from pro 'before' + legein 'say'.

Rhymes

phenomenon
 
 

Definition of prolegomenon in US English:

prolegomenon

noun-nən
  • A critical or discursive introduction to a book.

    a prolegomenon to the second part
    the prolegomena to the enquiry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Close reading of classical texts, he believes, ‘is a necessary prolegomenon both to understanding the traditions of Christian culture and to the articulation of constructive theological statements’.
    • This first chapter is a necessary prolegomenon, but for the casual reader or one unfamiliar with the issues, it would prove hard going.
    • He begins with a 1400-page prolegomena, entitled ‘The Doctrine of the Word of God,’ containing a strong emphasis on preaching or church proclamation as the material of dogmatics.
    • We have been attending to ‘exists’ and ‘is’ not for their own sake but purely as a prolegomenon to an ontological question, namely, that of existence.
    • I make that lengthy prolegomenon in order to ensure that my point is not misunderstood.
    • To me, they feel like a prolegomena to another volume.
    • Horton's work is a prolegomenon of sorts, though it could be written only in the collapse of modernity.
    • After some elaborate prolegomena, the book follows a calendrical sequence, each poem dated and grouped by month so that the events of a hundred years follow a seasonal ebb and flow, not chronology.
    • The answer to this question may be that Aristotle does not intend Book VI to provide a full answer to that question, but rather to serve as a prolegomenon to an answer.
    • This can be seen as a prolegomenon to making wise women's theories influential.
    • The systematic theologians among the authors turn either to history or to prolegomena.
    • The book is organized on a conventional scheme of theological loci, from prolegomena through eschatology.
    • Properly speaking, these relics are but prolegomena to resurrection.
    • That same year, 1981, he published ‘Europa,’ a prolegomenon to Omeros and later work.
    • In a philosophical prolegomenon, Schmidt examines twin interpretive narratives that, he argues, have obscured the study of modern hearing.
    • Most of this essay will be a lengthy digression, a prolegomenon to a much needed investigation of the material specificity of film in relation to the female body and its syntax.
    • For this reason, theological construction needs no elaborate, foundation-setting, certainty-gaining prolegomenon.
    Synonyms
    beginning, start, outset, inception, launch, birth, dawn

Origin

Mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek, passive present participle (neuter) of prolegein ‘say beforehand’, from pro ‘before’ + legein ‘say’.

 
 
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