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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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES （歌剧、戏剧等的）序曲，前奏曲
  Anovertureis 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。
• N-COUNT （友好或求爱的）主动表示，姿态，提议
  If you makeovertures tosomeone, 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• Make overtures of friendship to the new neighbours.
  对新邻居表示友好。
• 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。
• 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。
• Vietnam has been making friendly overtures towards its old adversary.
  越南在向其老对手示好。
• 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。
• The French and the Brazilians have made overtures.
  法国和巴西方面给我们提出建议。