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　

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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
  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。

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.
  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。

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
  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

双语例句

• 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。
• The audience must be in their seats before the overture.
  观众必须于序曲演奏前入座。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The wind gradually smaller windows down, withered Yeer also found belong to their fate, common playing of "La Hong is not a heartless things, into a more Huhua Enriching the soil" life Overture.
  窗外的风渐渐小了下来，凋零的叶儿也找到属于他们的归宿，共同演奏着“落红不是无情物，化作春泥更护花”的生命序曲。
• Three-fours of the people agree with the overture presently.
  目前有四分之三的人赞成该提案。
• Precisely why my next Overture will be overt.
  那就是我要公开我下一步的原因。