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 made peace overtures to us.
  他们向我们提出和平的倡议。
• Make overtures of friendship to the new neighbours.
  对新邻居表示友好。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The French and the Brazilians have made overtures.
  法国和巴西方面给我们提出建议。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。