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

• For the infant nation, victory in the war and for the republican principle came as a heartening overture.
  对于刚刚出生的国家而言，战争与共和原则的胜利，是使人鼓舞的开端。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。