" Did you find him? " Harry asked without preamble.

“你找到他了吗？”哈利开门见山地问。

" Why, " said Snape, without preamble, " why did you put on that ring? "

为什么？" 斯内普单刀直入的说，" 为什么你要戴上那个戒指？

It began without date and without preamble.

它开始时没有日期，也没有序言。

" Why, " said Snape, without preamble, " why did you put on that ring — It carries a curse, surely you realized that. Why even touch it? "

“你为什么，”斯内普劈头就问道，“为什么要戴上那枚戒指？它上面有魔咒，你肯定知道。为什么还要碰它？”

Without preamble, Harry told his godfather every detail of the vision he had had, including the fact that he himself had been the snake who had attacked Mr Weasley.

哈利开门见山地对他教父讲了梦里的每个细节，讲了他自己就是袭击韦斯莱先生的那条蛇。

" Now I'm here and I suppose without preamble, after we have had a reasonable quantity of champagne you plan to grab me and throw me on the bed. Is that it" ?

“现在我在这里， 我想毫无序言， 在我们喝了适量的香槟之后， 你打算抓住我， 把我扔到床上。是吗” ？