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overture

英 [ˈəʊvətʃʊə(r)]

美 [ˈoʊvərtʃər]

n.  (歌剧或芭蕾舞的)序曲,前奏曲; 友好姿态; 建议
vt.  提议

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Collins.1 / BNC.13967 / COCA.13359

牛津词典

    noun

    • (歌剧或芭蕾舞的)序曲,前奏曲
      a piece of music written as an introduction to an opera or a ballet
      1. Prokofiev's overture to ‘Romeo and Juliet’
        普罗科菲耶夫的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的序曲
    • 友好姿态;建议
      a suggestion or an action by which sb tries to make friends, start a business relationship, have discussions, etc. with sb else
      1. He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks.
        他开始主动同一些投资银行接触。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (歌剧、戏剧等的)序曲,前奏曲
      Anovertureis a piece of music, often one that is the introduction to an opera or play.
      1. The programme opened with the overture to Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
        节目以瓦格纳的歌剧《漂泊的荷兰人》的序曲开场。
    • N-COUNT (友好或求爱的)主动表示,姿态,提议
      If you makeovertures tosomeone, you behave in a friendly or romantic way towards them.
      1. He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship...
        最近他开始主动表示友好,样子笨拙却又招人喜爱。
      2. If only the West had been more responsive to his peace overtures in the fifties.
        要是西方在50年代能更积极地响应他的和平姿态就好了。

    英英释义

    noun

    • orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
      1. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
        1. she rejected his advances
        Synonym:advanceapproachfeeler
      2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
        1. training is a necessary preliminary to employment
        2. drinks were the overture to dinner
        Synonym:preliminaryprelude

      双语例句

      • She had heard a piano arrangement of his overture to the tempest noble music!
        她听过他的《暴风雨》序曲的钢琴改编曲。
      • The wind gradually smaller windows down, withered Yeer also found belong to their fate, common playing of "La Hong is not a heartless things, into a more Huhua Enriching the soil" life Overture.
        窗外的风渐渐小了下来,凋零的叶儿也找到属于他们的归宿,共同演奏着“落红不是无情物,化作春泥更护花”的生命序曲。
      • Precisely why my next Overture will be overt.
        那就是我要公开我下一步的原因。
      • If you do a search on Overture, there are more searches for the term pop-up blockers.
        如果调查用户对弹出框的意见,你会发现很多用户搜索弹出框屏蔽器。
      • A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes.
        一种置于音乐中的戏剧;它包括有管弦乐队伴奏的歌唱、音乐序曲和间隔时间。
      • When the prelude began, everybody became quiet. That's the overture to Mozart's Don Giovanni.
        前奏曲一拉响,大家就安静下来了。那是莫扎特的《唐·吉奥瓦尼》的前奏曲。
      • For the infant nation, victory in the war and for the republican principle came as a heartening overture.
        对于刚刚出生的国家而言,战争与共和原则的胜利,是使人鼓舞的开端。
      • Penumbra: Overture is the first title in the Penumbra trilogy.
        《半影:序章》是《半影》三部曲的第一部。
      • I think you ought to have given a civil, clear, and explicit answer to the overture which was fairyland handsomely made you.
        我想你们对于那公正而恰当地提出的建议应已作出合乎情理的、明确而详尽的回答。
      • Three-fours of the people agree with the overture presently.
        目前有四分之三的人赞成该提案。