overture

noun

1. （歌剧或芭蕾舞的）序曲，前奏曲
   a piece of music written as an introduction to an opera or a ballet
   1. Prokofiev's overture to ‘Romeo and Juliet’
      普罗科菲耶夫的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的序曲
2. 友好姿态；建议
   a suggestion or an action by which sb tries to make friends, start a business relationship, have discussions, etc. with sb else
   1. He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks.
      他开始主动同一些投资银行接触。

1. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES （歌剧、戏剧等的）序曲，前奏曲
   An overture is a piece of music, often one that is the introduction to an opera or play.
   1. 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。
2. N-COUNT （友好或求爱的）主动表示，姿态，提议
   If you make overtures to someone, you behave in a friendly or romantic way towards them.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Some of the Eastern European countries are not as happy with this new overture toward Russia, but that's understandable given their historical perspective.
   一些东欧国家对有关俄罗斯的新姿态并不高兴。不过考虑到他们的历史观点，这也可以理解。
4. Because of this weekly column I receive dozens of press releases and approaches, which I usually ignore, but occasionally a really clever overture will succeed.
   由于这种每周一期的专栏，我收到许多新闻通稿和提议，我通常不会理睬这些东西，但偶尔也会注意到真正聪明的建议。
5. For the infant nation, victory in the war and for the republican principle came as a heartening overture.
   对于刚刚出生的国家而言，战争与共和原则的胜利，是使人鼓舞的开端。
6. The opera was preceded by a short overture.
   这部歌剧开始前有一简短的序曲。
7. Felix Blumenfeld ( 1883-1931). Transcription of Borodin's Overture to Prince Igor.
   费利克斯门菲尔德（1883至1931年）。转录鲍罗廷的伊戈尔王子序曲。
8. 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。
9. Only a whirling Dervish could dance a Mozart symphony: indeed, I have reduced two young and practised dancers to exhaustion by making them dance a Mozart overture.
   有一回我还真请了两位训练有素的青年舞蹈家跟着莫扎特的一阕前奏曲跳了一次，结果差点没把他们累垮了。
10. A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes.
    一种置于音乐中的戏剧；它包括有管弦乐队伴奏的歌唱、音乐序曲和间隔时间。
11. Each stitch is a musical note from the overture to the closing of this dramatic opera.
    每一针都是一个音符，从这部歌剧的前奏一直到尾声。
12. If you do a search on Overture, there are more searches for the term pop-up blockers.
    如果调查用户对弹出框的意见，你会发现很多用户搜索弹出框屏蔽器。
13. His Overture led to nothing.
    他的提议没有得到什么结果。
14. The audience must be in their seats before the overture.
    观众必须于序曲演奏前入座。
15. 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。
16. In the first half of the concert he will sing the overture for "Carmen" and "La Donna E Mobile" from Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto.
    他将于节目上半场演唱《卡门》序曲、威尔第歌剧《弄臣》中的〈善变的女人〉等经典歌剧选曲。
17. Penumbra: Overture is the first title in the Penumbra trilogy.
    《半影：序章》是《半影》三部曲的第一部。
18. Three-fours of the people agree with the overture presently.
    目前有四分之三的人赞成该提案。
19. The wind gradually smaller windows down, withered Yeer also found belong to their fate, common playing of "La Hong is not a heartless things, into a more Huhua Enriching the soil" life Overture.
    窗外的风渐渐小了下来，凋零的叶儿也找到属于他们的归宿，共同演奏着“落红不是无情物，化作春泥更护花”的生命序曲。
20. Precisely why my next Overture will be overt.
    那就是我要公开我下一步的原因。
21. I think you ought to have given a civil, clear, and explicit answer to the overture which was fairyland handsomely made you.
    我想你们对于那公正而恰当地提出的建议应已作出合乎情理的、明确而详尽的回答。
22. Overture: This is the age of star booming, this is the age of youth come to publicity.
    引子：这是一个造星的时代，一个英雄少年风起云涌的时代。
23. 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。
24. When the prelude began, everybody became quiet. That's the overture to Mozart's Don Giovanni.
    前奏曲一拉响，大家就安静下来了。那是莫扎特的《唐·吉奥瓦尼》的前奏曲。
25. Go to the overture keyword Selector Tool and enter your keyword or keyword phrase in the search box.
    去选择工具，进入你的序曲关键字或关键字搜寻关键字短语箱。
26. I sensed that this was the overture to an argument.
    我意识到这是引向一场争论的前奏。
27. At least one data burst message may be formed and the overture element may be incorporated into the data burst message.
    可形成至少一个数据突发消息并且可将提议元素合并到数据突发消息中。
28. He resolved, therefore, to let things take their course without making any direct overture to the count.
    所以他决定让事情顺其自然发展，而不向伯爵作任何正面的提议。

noun

1. orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio

2. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
   1. she rejected his advances

   Synonym:    advanceapproachfeeler

3. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
   1. training is a necessary preliminary to employment
   2. drinks were the overture to dinner

   Synonym:    preliminaryprelude