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
- 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。 - 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。 - In the first half of the concert he will sing the overture for "Carmen" and "La Donna E Mobile" from Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto.
他将于节目上半场演唱《卡门》序曲、威尔第歌剧《弄臣》中的〈善变的女人〉等经典歌剧选曲。 - 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。 - Felix Blumenfeld ( 1883-1931). Transcription of Borodin's Overture to Prince Igor.
费利克斯门菲尔德（1883至1931年）。转录鲍罗廷的伊戈尔王子序曲。 - At least one data burst message may be formed and the overture element may be incorporated into the data burst message.
可形成至少一个数据突发消息并且可将提议元素合并到数据突发消息中。 - They played the overture at a fairly slow tempo.
他们用相当缓慢的速度演奏那首序曲。 - The opera was preceded by a short overture.
这部歌剧开始前有一简短的序曲。 - 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。