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单词 overture
释义
overture
noun
uk
/ˈəʊ.və.tjʊər/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.tʃɚ/

overturenoun(MUSIC)

[C]
apieceofmusicthat is anintroductionto alongerpiece,especiallyanopera:
（尤指歌剧的）序曲，前奏曲
the overtureto"TheMagicFlute"《魔笛》序曲
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Musical pieces
  • arrangement
  • ballade
  • bolero
  • bossa nova
  • Britannia
  • fantasia
  • hook
  • melody
  • multi-part
  • nocturne
  • octet
  • opus
  • passage
  • reel
  • signature tune
  • solo
  • song form
  • streetscape
  • string quartet
  • trio
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Opera

overturenoun(COMMUNICATION)

[Cusually plural]
acommunicationmade to someone inordertooffersomething:
主动表示，提议
overturesoffriendship.友好的表示
Neithersidein theconflictseemswillingtomakepeaceovertures.冲突双方似乎都不愿意主动向对方示好。
informalSo he's beenmakingovertures(=showingasexualinterest), has he?那么说他一直在示爱，是吗？
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Suggestions & proposals
  • about
  • bouncesomethingoffsomeone
  • can't
  • co-sponsor
  • co-sponsorship
  • drop
  • imply
  • intimate
  • make noisesidiom
  • maybe
  • move
  • nomination
  • on the tableidiom
  • proposition
  • putsomeonetosomethingidiom
  • putsomethingin
  • putsomethingup
  • resubmission
  • resubmit
  • table
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(Definition ofoverturefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overture| American Dictionary

overture
noun[C]
us
/ˈoʊ·vər·tʃər,-ˌtʃʊr/

overturenoun[C](MUSIC)

apieceofmusicthat is anintroductionto alongerpiece, such as anopera

overturenoun[C](APPROACH)

anapproachmade to someone inordertodiscussorestablishsomething:
The country’sleadersrejectedall overtures for apeacesettlement.
(Definition ofoverturefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoverture

overture
At just under eight (hectic) minutes, it fizzes and crackles like champagne with fireworks and is something of a cross between exuberantovertureand concertino.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The instrumental music in the opera comprises two overtures, a pantomimic march, and several preludes and interludes to vocal numbers.
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They were in desperate need of assistance and thus amenable to the overtures of central government.
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A snub is defined as the absence of an expectedoverture.
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Such transplantation from the pit to real stage music is very unusual indeed in the operatic repertory (excluding, of course, overtures and act preludes).
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There was also a lot of suspicion about the progressive liberals'overtureto the socialist party.
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The emphasis on whole tones colours the harmonic and melodic content of theoverture, even in the more overtly chromatic passages.
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Despite a throwaway ending that does not really come off, as a festive concertoverturethis is, in modern political parlance, thoroughly 'fit for purpose'.
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Overture: it's not what you do but the way that you do it.
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Overture, fashionable rubbish with the last bit coining first.
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Goehring's argument culminates in a compelling analysis of theoverture.
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It would thus be most imprudent to trust to any overtures, let alone any agreement made with revolutionaries.
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Large-scale sections include two substantial overtures, two finales and one introdu^ione.
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For example, it may be of little consequence that the key of the central finale is 'remote' from that of theovertureand the ending.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is rather like a symmetrical two-act music drama withoverture, an intermezzo or entr'acte, and postlude.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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