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overture

英 ['əʊvətj(ʊ)ə] 美['ovətʃʊr]
  • n. 前奏曲;提案;序幕
  • vt. 提议;为……奏前奏曲

英英释意


1. orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;
"training is a necessary preliminary to employment"
"drinks were the overture to dinner"
3. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;
"she rejected his advances"