overture

英 ['əʊvətʃʊə(r)] 美 ['oʊvərtʃər]

• n. 提议；提案；主动表示；序曲
• v. 提议；建议

英英释义

Noun:

1. orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio

2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;

   "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"
   "drinks were the overture to dinner"
   

3. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;

   "she rejected his advances"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. And, knowing little about Geely, it didn't take the overture seriously, according to people familiar with the situation.
   据知情人士透露，由于对吉利知之甚少，福特汽车没有认真对待这一提议。
2. 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。
3. Many spokesmen attacked consumingly this overture.
   大会上许多的发言人强烈抨击了这项提案。
4. Three-fours of the people agree with the overture presently.
   目前有四分之三的人赞成该提案。
5. 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。
6. This tool works differently from the Overture tool.
   这个工具厂不同序曲工具。

用作动词 (v.)

1. And, knowing little about Geely, it didn't take the overture seriously, according to people familiar with the situation.
   据知情人士透露，由于对吉利知之甚少，福特汽车没有认真对待这一提议。
2. 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。

经典引文

• She repelled the overtures of friendship.

  出自： W. S. Maugham

• I..made overtures to them about releasing me from my coming options.

  出自： F. Astaire

近反义词

【近义词】

• prelude 序幕
• offer 提供
• proposal 求婚
• introduction 介绍
• invitation 邀请
• music 音乐
• bid （买方）出价...
• advance 前进
• feeler 试探者
• preliminary 初步的
• approach 靠近