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.- 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。
- The programme opened with the overture to Wagner's Flying Dutchman.
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship...
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。 - Iran would be better induced to co-operate if US overtures were combined with solidarity among the allies should those overtures be rejected.
如果在美国的友好表示之外还能辅以盟国的团结一致，以防这些表示遭到拒绝，就更有可能诱使伊朗合作。 - 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。 - 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 group has been making overtures to investors in countries where it has good relationships, including the United Arab Emirates, in an attempt to encourage them to buy shares, but the company said that it was not trying to bring in strategic investors with new equity.
英国石油近期在接洽阿联酋等与其拥有良好关系的国家的投资者，试图鼓励他们购买其股票，但该公司表示，不准备利用发行新股的方式引入战略投资者。 - Vietnam has been making friendly overtures towards its old adversary.
越南在向其老对手示好。 - In other words, the famous US-Russia-China triangle Nixon and Kissinger created by their path-breaking overtures to Beijing in the early1970s is completely reversed.
换言之，尼克松和基辛格于上世纪七十年代在北京的开创性姿态所缔造的著名美-俄-中三角已经完全逆转。 - 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。 - She seemed to be making overtures of friendship.
她好像在作出愿意友好的表示。 - Some investors said that Unibanco, Brazil's third-biggest non-state bank, became receptive to Itau's overtures as the operating environment soured.
一些投资者说，由于运营环境恶化，巴西第三大非国有银行Unibanco接受了Itau的收购提议。