overtures

英 [ˈəʊvətjʊəz]

美 [ˈoʊvərˌtʃʊrz]

n.  (歌剧或芭蕾舞的)序曲，前奏曲; 友好姿态; 建议
overture的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• She will probably conclude that she will be the loser if she fails to respond to your friendly overtures.
  她可能会得出这样的结论；她如果不接受你的友好表示就会受损。
• This time, though, Mr Kim appears to have rejected any such overtures before they are made.
  而这一次，金正恩似乎抢在有关各方作出任何友好表示之前就拒绝了此类示好。
• 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。
• The Chinese are nervous, too, about western overtures to Burma.
  西方向缅甸示好，同样令中国紧张。
• His dispatch of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke both Chinese-Americans to Beijing as part of a series of confidence-building overtures this year was a smart move.
  奥巴马派遣两位华裔美国人能源部长朱棣文（stevenchu）和商务部长骆家辉（garylocke）前往北京访问，作为今年一系列旨在构建信任的善意表示的一部分，此举相当英明。
• 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。
• 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。
• She seemed to be making overtures of friendship.
  她好像在作出愿意友好的表示。
• Modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures.
  谨慎的或者小心的拒绝接近或者拒绝建议。
• They made overtures in the mainly Muslim western province of Xinjiang.
  他们在以穆斯林人口为主的西部省份新疆示好。