overtures

英 [ˈəʊvətjʊəz]

美 [ˈoʊvərˌtʃʊrz]

n.  (歌剧或芭蕾舞的)序曲，前奏曲; 友好姿态; 建议
overture的第三人称单数和复数

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

• 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。
• They made peace overtures to us.
  他们向我们提出和平的倡议。
• She seemed to be making overtures of friendship.
  她好像在作出愿意友好的表示。
• 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。
• He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks.
  他开始主动同一些投资银行接触。
• 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”。
• Vietnam has been making friendly overtures towards its old adversary.
  越南在向其老对手示好。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。