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

• 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。
• Because of this weekly column I receive dozens of press releases and approaches, which I usually ignore, but occasionally a really clever overture will succeed.
  由于这种每周一期的专栏，我收到许多新闻通稿和提议，我通常不会理睬这些东西，但偶尔也会注意到真正聪明的建议。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The audience must be in their seats before the overture.
  观众必须于序曲演奏前入座。
• A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes.
  一种置于音乐中的戏剧；它包括有管弦乐队伴奏的歌唱、音乐序曲和间隔时间。
• 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。
• 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。