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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。