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

复数：overtures　第三人称单数：overtures　

Collins.1 / BNC.13967 / COCA.13359

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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。

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。

noun

orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
1. she rejected his advances
Synonym:advanceapproachfeeler
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

The audience must be in their seats before the overture.
观众必须于序曲演奏前入座。
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。
His Overture led to nothing.
他的提议没有得到什么结果。
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。
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。
Go to the overture keyword Selector Tool and enter your keyword or keyword phrase in the search box.
去选择工具，进入你的序曲关键字或关键字搜寻关键字短语箱。
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。
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。
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。