overture
英 ['əʊvətj(ʊ)ə]
美['ovətʃʊr]
- n. 前奏曲；提案；序幕
- vt. 提议；为……奏前奏曲
词态变化
复数: overtures;
助记提示
1、aperire "open, uncover" <=> operire "close, cover", 互为反义词。
2、apert- => overt- + -ure.
3、取引申义，表示：(歌剧、戏剧等的)开始、开幕(opening)，进一步引申为：序曲、序幕、前奏曲；同时还引申为：主动提出、主动表示、主动建议，即作为一种主动姿态(opening)提出。
4、其含义要注意与overt区分。
5、p变v的实例：French evesque (English: bishop, Latin: episcopus, Greek episkopos) merely softens the p into v and drops the last syllable.
2、apert- => overt- + -ure.
3、取引申义，表示：(歌剧、戏剧等的)开始、开幕(opening)，进一步引申为：序曲、序幕、前奏曲；同时还引申为：主动提出、主动表示、主动建议，即作为一种主动姿态(opening)提出。
4、其含义要注意与overt区分。
5、p变v的实例：French evesque (English: bishop, Latin: episcopus, Greek episkopos) merely softens the p into v and drops the last syllable.
中文词源
overture 序奏
来自overt,打开的，-ure,名词后缀。用于音乐术语指序奏，前奏。
英英释意
- 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"
英文词源
- overture (n.)
- mid-13c., "opening, aperture;" early 15c. as "an introductory proposal," from Old French overture "opening; proposal" (Modern French ouverture), from Latin apertura "opening," from aperire "to open, uncover" (see overt). Orchestral sense first recorded in English 1660s.
实用场景例句
- Prokofiev's overture to ‘Romeo and Juliet ’
- 普罗科菲耶夫的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的序曲
牛津词典
- He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks.
- 他开始主动同一些投资银行接触。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Drinks were the overture to dinner.
- 酒水是晚餐的前奏.
期刊摘选
- A great deal of prolocutor consumingly attacked this overture at the meeting.
- 大会上许多的发言人强烈抨击了这项提案.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- Meanwhile the conductor lifted his violin bow and the orchestra attacked the overture.
- 这时,乐队指挥把小提琴的弓子一举,乐队就奏起序曲来.
辞典例句
- Overture of Spring Festival is a very famous instrumental music.
- 春节序曲是李唤之作曲的著名贺新春乐曲.
期刊摘选
- Endorse the overture by director XXX from provincial TB Institute.
- (讲好省的例子)赞成xxx所长提案.
期刊摘选
- His overture led to nothing.
- 他的提议没有得到什么结果.
辞典例句
- Usher: No, even the overture hasn't started yet.
- 招待员: 没有, 连序幕都没有开始呢.
期刊摘选
- This is an overture to the Russians.
- 这是对俄罗斯人的序曲.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- That's the overture to Mozart's Don Giovanni.
- 那是莫扎特的《唐.吉奥瓦尼》的前奏曲.
期刊摘选
- The audience must be in their seats before the overture.
- 观众必须于序曲演奏前入座.
期刊摘选
- The audiences must be in their seats before the overture.
- 观众务必于序曲演奏前入座.
期刊摘选
- The playlist for their Asian tour contains but one classical cover : Tchaikovshy's 1812 Overture.
- 她们在亚洲巡回演奏的曲目只有一首古典乐曲: 柴可夫斯基的《1812序曲》.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- But the meteorological expert indicated that actually, this cold air is only an overture.
- 但是气象专家表示,其实, 这场冷空气只是一个序曲.
期刊摘选
- The opera was preceded by a short overture.
- 这部歌剧开始前有一段简短的序曲.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
柯林斯例句