leitmotif

noun

1. （音乐的）主旋律，主导主题
   a short tune in a piece of music that is often repeated and is connected with a particular person, thing or idea
2. （书、艺术品等的）中心思想，主题，主旨
   an idea or a phrase that is repeated often in a book or work of art, or is typical of a particular person or group

1. N-COUNT （书、电影、人生等的）中心思想，主题，主旨
   A leitmotif in something such as a book or film or in a person's life is an idea or an object which occurs again and again.
   1. The title of one of Dietrich's best-known songs could serve as the leitmotif for her life.
      黛德丽的一生可用她的一首名曲的名字来概括。

1. The title of one of Dietrich's best-known songs could serve as the leitmotif for her life.
   黛德丽的一生可用她的一首名曲的名字来概括。
2. Judging by recent statements from senior Russian officials, tough anti-U.S.sentiment has become the leitmotif of Kremlin propaganda.
   从俄罗斯高级官员最近的言论来看，强硬的反美情绪被列为克里姆林宫的宣传主题。
3. Maybe greater inequality in pay is an unavoidable megatrend, a leitmotif for the 21st century.
   也许薪酬差距进一步扩大是一场不可避免的大潮，是21世纪主乐调。
4. China and India promised to make co-operation rather than conflict the leitmotif of their rise as global economic powers yesterday but failed to dispel much of the mutual suspicion that blights bilateral ties.
   中国与印度昨日承诺，在两国崛起为全球经济大国的过程中，摒弃对抗冲突，让互利合作成为主旋律。但双方远未能打消多年困扰双边关系的相互猜疑。
5. Meanwhile, a weak currency would encourage capital flight, the Asian leitmotif of global risk aversion.
   与此同时，货币走软会鼓励资本外逃全球风险厌恶在亚洲的主调。
6. This last event, which almost concludes the book, is its leitmotif.
   而这最后一次正是本书的主旨所在。
7. But that is because his original leitmotif has been hopelessly over-showed through the lack of a good self-education.
   这是他最初的主题被无望地遮蔽，只因他缺少自我教育。
8. The other leitmotif in 2009 was the stand-off between the banking community and the rest of society.
   银行业与社会其它各界之间的对立，是2009年的另一个基调。
9. The Origin and the Development of Leitmotif
   西方歌剧Leitmotif（主题）技巧的起源与发展
10. Based on the integrated research, the last chapter sublimates the contentions and is the leitmotif of the thesis.
    这一章在综合研究的基础上进行了论点升华，是文章的主旨所在。
11. The moon, a recurring leitmotif in the play, is one of the most important symbolical referents for Wilde, and for the characters themselves.
    在剧中反复出现的月亮对于王尔德及剧中的人物来讲都是重要的象征物。
12. As the representative work of Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy is concerned with his leitmotif of the dilemma that people meet in the postmodern society.
    作为保罗·奥斯特的代表作品，《纽约三部曲》关涉到后现代社会中人们所面临的困境，这也是奥斯特作品的一贯主题。

noun

1. a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)

   Synonym:    leitmotiv