overtures

英 [ˈəʊvətjʊəz] 美 [ˈoʊvərˌtʃʊrz]

n.  (歌剧或芭蕾舞的)序曲，前奏曲; 友好姿态; 建议
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  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。
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  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. President Obama has made several overtures to Iran since taking office-part of his outreach to the Muslim world.
    奥巴马总统自从上任以来已经向伊朗做出几次提议，这也是向穆斯林世界做出友善表示的一部分。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. She defended President Obama's overtures towards Presidents Chavez in Venezuela, saying that efforts to isolate anti-American leaders had only made them more receptive to other powers.
    她为奥巴马总统关于委内瑞拉总统查韦斯的建议辩护，说对反美国的领导人的隔绝只是让他们更能接纳其他的势力。
  6. This time, though, Mr Kim appears to have rejected any such overtures before they are made.
    而这一次，金正恩似乎抢在有关各方作出任何友好表示之前就拒绝了此类示好。
  7. The only problem was that the object of his affections, Courtney Murray, had never indicated any interest in him, and in fact had fled her job in Cyprus to escape his disturbing and persistent overtures.
    唯一的问题是，他所钟情的这位叫考特尼·默里的姑娘，一直都对他没有任何兴趣。事实上为了躲开他的打扰和不断的示爱，她甚至放弃了塞浦路斯的工作。
  8. Make overtures of friendship to the new neighbours.
    对新邻居表示友好。
  9. Second Treasury permanent secretary at the age of just 38, he has rejected overtures from investment banks anxious to tap his mathematical mind and contacts book.
    年仅38岁时，他就成为英国财政部第二常务次官。他拒绝了垂涎其数学才华和人际关系网的投资银行的邀请。
  10. 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。
  11. She seemed to be making overtures of friendship.
    她好像在作出愿意友好的表示。
  12. They've been making overtures to a big Japanese company in the hope of setting up a joint deal.
    他们一直表示希望与日本一家大公司建立贸易合作关系。
  13. They made peace overtures to us.
    他们向我们提出和平的倡议。
  14. 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。
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks.
    他开始主动同一些投资银行接触。
  18. The Chinese are nervous, too, about western overtures to Burma.
    西方向缅甸示好，同样令中国紧张。
  19. 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。
  20. The French and the Brazilians have made overtures.
    法国和巴西方面给我们提出建议。
  21. To their surprise, the overtures may have served as a catalyst to bring about the very outcome they were intended to prevent.
    让他们意外的是，这些建议可能成了一剂催化剂，催生了他们本想防止的结果。
  22. Though it is much too soon to write off Mr Obama's friendly overtures, you could hardly describe them so far as a notable success.
    虽然否认奥巴马的友好表示还为时过早，但你目前也很难说这些表示取得了显著成功。
  23. Modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures.
    谨慎的或者小心的拒绝接近或者拒绝建议。
  24. Vietnam has been making friendly overtures towards its old adversary.
    越南在向其老对手示好。
  25. 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。
  26. Ferguson also denied that he had made overtures to the Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil, who played a central role in the defeat of England in their World Cup second-round game.
    弗格森也否认他想要德国中场厄齐尔，他在1/8决赛战胜英格兰的比赛中扮演了重要角色。
  27. Pyongyang has shunned overtures, calling a nuclear summit due to be held next month in Seoul a "childish farce" and threatening "merciliess retaliation" for the recent military drills conducted by South Korea and the US.
    平壤方面已对一些友好姿态表示不屑，形容下月将在首尔举行的核问题峰会是一场“孩子气的闹剧”，并威胁要对美韩最近进行的军事演练作出“无情报复”。
  28. On this same day, the first peace overtures from Rome were made.
    就在同一天，罗马第一次提出媾和倡议。
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