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
- Each stitch is a musical note from the overture to the closing of this dramatic opera.
每一针都是一个音符，从这部歌剧的前奏一直到尾声。 - 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。 - I sensed that this was the overture to an argument.
我意识到这是引向一场争论的前奏。 - Three-fours of the people agree with the overture presently.
目前有四分之三的人赞成该提案。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Precisely why my next Overture will be overt.
那就是我要公开我下一步的原因。 - Penumbra: Overture is the first title in the Penumbra trilogy.
《半影：序章》是《半影》三部曲的第一部。 - He resolved, therefore, to let things take their course without making any direct overture to the count.
所以他决定让事情顺其自然发展，而不向伯爵作任何正面的提议。