overture

美 [ˈoʊvərtʃər]英 [ˈəʊvətʃʊə(r)]
  • n.序曲;建议;友好姿态;(歌剧或芭蕾舞的)前奏曲
  • vt.提议

复数: overtures 过去式: overtured 现在分词: overturing 过去分词: overtured 第三人称单数: overtures

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noun

1

(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

2

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。

overture

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (歌剧、戏剧等的)序曲,前奏曲
    An overture is 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。

  • 2
    N-COUNT (友好或求爱的)主动表示,姿态,提议
    If you make overtures to someone, 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。

noun

1
orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
2
a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
she rejected his advances
Synonym: advance approach feeler
3
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
training is a necessary preliminary to employment
drinks were the overture to dinner
Synonym: preliminary prelude

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  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。

  2. The audience must be in their seats before the overture .

    观众必须于序曲演奏前入座。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. Their government is making overtures for peace .

    他们的政府正在提出和平建议

  6. 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

  7. He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks .

    他开始主动同一些投资银行接触。

  8. The Usage Technique of the Overture Record Musical Score Software

    Overture记谱软件的使用技巧

  9. On this same day , the first peace overtures from Rome were made .

    就在同一天,罗马第一次提出媾和倡议。

  10. He also denounced Mr Obama 's recent overtures toward Cuba .

    他还谴责了奥巴马总统近来对古巴的友好姿态。

  11. Make overtures of friendship to the new neighbours .

    对新邻居表示友好。

  12. Vietnam has been making friendly overtures towards its old adversary .

    越南在向其老对手示好。

  13. All but Russia agreed to the United States overture .

    所有国家除俄国外都同意了美国的提议。

  14. They made peace overtures to us .

    他们向我们提出和平的倡议。

  15. Summit Diplomacy The second chapter introduces the overture and preparation of the Washington conference .

    第二章介绍了英美首脑会谈的提出与两国会前的筹备。

  16. The Chinese are nervous , too , about western overtures to Burma .

    西方向缅甸示好,同样令中国紧张。

  17. Overture of China Car Industry Symphony

    奏响中国轿车工业交响乐的恢宏序曲&上海桑塔纳产量突破100万辆记事

  18. 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。

  19. Don 't worry . I 'm not here to make any kind of romantic overture .

    别担心,我不是来调情的。

  20. She seemed to be making overtures of friendship .

    她好像在作出愿意友好的表示。

  21. They 've been making overtures to a big Japanese company in the hope of setting up a joint deal .

    他们一直表示希望与日本一家大公司建立贸易合作关系。

  22. The enemy is making overtures for peace .

    敌人主动表示议和。

  23. 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。

  24. 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。

  25. While meeting someone new is exciting and can be deeply fulfilling , such overtures must be balanced with safety measures .

    虽然结识新朋友令人兴奋,让人很有成就感,但同时也要注意安全。

  26. The French and the Brazilians have made overtures .

    法国和巴西方面给我们提出建议。

  27. President Obama has made several overtures to Iran since taking office - part of his outreach to the Muslim world .

    奥巴马总统自从上任以来已经向伊朗做出几次提议,这也是向穆斯林世界做出友善表示的一部分。

  28. Precisely why my next Overture will be overt .

    那就是我要公开我下一步的原因。

  29. 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。

  30. The opera was preceded by a short overture .

    这部歌剧开始前有一简短的序曲。