overtones

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n.  弦外之音; 言外之意; 暗示
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  1. N-COUNT 弦外之音；言外之意；暗示
    If something has overtones of a particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it.
    1. The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign...
      罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
    2. It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.
      这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。
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双语例句

  1. The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign
    罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
  2. It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.
    这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。
  3. Software engineering certainly has some negative overtones in the way we tend to use it today.
    在我们今天的用法中，软件工程学的确存在一些负面的色彩。
  4. You know them as harmonics or overtones.
    你把它们当做和声或弦外音。
  5. These musical colors can best be defined in terms of the musical overtones of the pitches being played.
    这些音色的介定，最好就是听一个音调在弹奏时所产生的倍音。
  6. Classic Hitchcock mystery with overtones of light comedy and romance, as innocent Donat is pulled into spy-ring activities.
    希区柯克经典与神秘色彩的轻喜剧和浪漫，是无辜的多纳特拖进间谍环活动。
  7. So that I might appreciate the overtones of comedy in the human spirit.
    这样我可以欣赏到人类精神上喜剧的含蓄意义。
  8. Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace.
    倾向于暗含有威胁意味的发怒或者坏感觉。
  9. The testimonies of ex-television addicts often have the evangelistic overtones of stories heard at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
    据以前的电视瘾君子的讲述，经常有一些在酒鬼的匿名会上听到的福音传道者的暗示。
  10. No wonder ( a? the?) Harvard girl, despite its martial overtones, struck a popular chord.
    难怪哈佛女孩，不管它威严的表露，而敲击出一个流行的和弦。
  11. His words were polite, but there were overtones of anger in his voice.
    他的话很客气，但声音里却暗含怒气。
  12. There were even some political overtones suggested in all this.
    在种种变化之中，甚至还蕴涵着某些政治寓意。
  13. The story of Huck and Jim has dark overtones.
    哈克和吉姆的经历，却又带着阴郁的色彩。
  14. There are, of course, metaphysical overtones to the stories, all of which are true.
    有，当然，形而上的色彩，以故事，所有这一切都是真的。
  15. Their vocabulary, like that of Emily Dickinson, acquired regal overtones.
    他们的词汇，一如艾米莉？狄更生的词汇，也有了高雅的情调。
  16. Her voice carried no overtones of fear.
    她的声音不带恐惧的意味。
  17. Each sip revels layers of pineapple, slight oak, with overtones of honey.
    每个啜饮陶醉菠萝，轻微的橡木，带有蜂蜜的寓意。
  18. AIDS is a severe medical proBlem with life and-death moral overtones.
    艾滋病是个严重的医疗问题，同时还带有生死攸关的道德含义。
  19. Leaves used sparingly ( because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings.
    叶子在沙司、汤和馅中用量很少（因为其味道苦）。
  20. Cartoon Network's urban-flavored "The Boondocks" has already caused a dustup thanks to its and racial and political overtones.
    卡通电视网城市题材的卡通片《森林地带》因为其种族映射和政治暗示而引起骚动。
  21. The taste is full in the mouth with lovely ripe fruit overtones and distinctive Mediterranean flavours, especially liquorice.
    口感饱满，充满地中海风情的甘草香和成熟果香互相交织。
  22. The result was class warfare without ideological overtones on a grand and violent scale.
    结果是酿成了不带意识形态色彩的规模巨大而激烈的阶级斗争。
  23. No wonder Harvard girl, despite its martial overtones, struck a popular chord.
    难怪《哈佛女孩》，尽管带有高压政策的意味，却得到了普遍的共鸣。
  24. I assumed a terrible tragedy had taken place with the overtones of a possible scandal.
    我猜是一场糟糕的悲剧发生了，里面也许还带有丑闻的成分。
  25. Do I detect overtones of jealousy?
    我觉察出嫉妒之意了吗？
  26. I knew I should have included a few discreet lesbian overtones in that poem.
    我想也许我该在诗里面隐喻一些女同性恋情结。
  27. But in Afghanistan, the idea of nation has very different overtones.
    但在阿富汗，国家这个概念有着非常不同的言外之意。
  28. Cannot be made to sound any notes other than the fundamental and the various overtones.
    除了基音和各种泛音以外，这种体系不能发出其他的音。
  29. Taste: The palate is dry and supple with hints of red currant and blueberry overtones.
    口感：口感干而丰满，有一抹红加仑和蓝莓的香味。
  30. Today a trip to the supermarket is fraught with social and political overtones.
    可是今天超市之行却充满了社会与政治色彩。
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