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
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- Prokofiev's overture to ‘Romeo and Juliet’
普罗科菲耶夫的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的序曲
- Prokofiev's overture to ‘Romeo and Juliet’
- 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- He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks.
他开始主动同一些投资银行接触。
- He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks.
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.- 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。
- The programme opened with the overture to Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship...
英英释义
noun
- orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- she rejected his advances
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
- training is a necessary preliminary to employment
- drinks were the overture to dinner
双语例句
- 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。 - Because of this weekly column I receive dozens of press releases and approaches, which I usually ignore, but occasionally a really clever overture will succeed.
由于这种每周一期的专栏，我收到许多新闻通稿和提议，我通常不会理睬这些东西，但偶尔也会注意到真正聪明的建议。 - Overture: This is the age of star booming, this is the age of youth come to publicity.
引子：这是一个造星的时代，一个英雄少年风起云涌的时代。 - Some of the Eastern European countries are not as happy with this new overture toward Russia, but that's understandable given their historical perspective.
一些东欧国家对有关俄罗斯的新姿态并不高兴。不过考虑到他们的历史观点，这也可以理解。 - 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。 - Penumbra: Overture is the first title in the Penumbra trilogy.
《半影：序章》是《半影》三部曲的第一部。 - After the overture, the orchestra stopped to tune up again.
演奏完序曲之后，乐队停下来又调了调音。 - 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。 - Precisely why my next Overture will be overt.
那就是我要公开我下一步的原因。 - Only a whirling Dervish could dance a Mozart symphony: indeed, I have reduced two young and practised dancers to exhaustion by making them dance a Mozart overture.
有一回我还真请了两位训练有素的青年舞蹈家跟着莫扎特的一阕前奏曲跳了一次，结果差点没把他们累垮了。